SF Bay Area
Stories
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December 15, 2023
Everyone has their own story: Sam Recinos | My Bookmark
Sam Recinos is a community engagement manager for our SF Bay Area team whose literacy journey started before they even learned to read!
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December 14, 2022
The true power of books: Emmy Leviss | My Bookmark
Emmy Leviss believes that the true power of books is about creating an environment where all students can be empowered through reading.
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September 26, 2019
Reading Partners Volunteer Nominated for the San Francisco Giants 2019 Isabelle Lemon Community Spirit Award
Our tutors are our superpower. With over 1,400 weekly volunteers, this is no small task, but some tutors make our jobs easy– tutors like Jennifer Pereira.
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September 10, 2019
The Goldilocks Effect: Turns out Reading Partners is Just Right!
Telling a story with audio only – too cold!
Watching an animation – too hot!
Showing images with spoken words put together – just…
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April 25, 2019
Partnering for Succesful Summers
In addition to weekly tutoring, Reading Partners’ Take Reading Home program gives students the opportunity to take a book home every single time they come to a reading center – that’s as many as two books a week for months!
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November 8, 2018
Supporting Student Success with Phonics-Focused Learning
Today we’re going to go over a couple of words that all end with the letters i,n,k, sounding like ‘ink’ as in ‘sink.’
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I overheard this…
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August 24, 2018
Can a book drive change a child’s future? We think so.
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July 27, 2018
Sisters make a mark with bookmark fundraiser
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July 9, 2018
Tutor Spotlight: Leroy Lindo
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July 20, 2017
Angelica's story: Volunteer tutor, turned literacy intervention tutor, turned site coordinator
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April 3, 2017
Tutor-student relationships bloom in SF Bay Area
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April 5, 2016
Having fun with challenges
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April 4, 2016
Volunteering is too good to miss
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April 4, 2016
Catching up in reading is exciting
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July 29, 2015
Jessica's Story: Changing kids' lives, one hour at a time
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February 19, 2015
Spencer's Story
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February 19, 2015
Jennifer and Raquel's story
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February 19, 2015
Charlie's story
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February 19, 2015
Aaliyiah & Theresa's Story