Kids Read Now!

By The Numbers

mnichols — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:18:55 +0000

2011

2 School Districts

7 Elementary Schools

850 Children

10,000 Books

2012

25 School Districts

75 Schools

5000 Children

35,000 Books

It’s Official

mnichols — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:45:07 +0000

(TROY, OH)— Kids Read Now can officially declare its first year a success. Sponsored by Troy-based One Call Now—the nation’s largest message notification provider—Kids Read Now is a youth development program that gives free books and uses non-traditional teaching techniques to help children read at or above grade level and improve reading retention. The community/school/parent partnership launched this past summer with kindergarten through third grade students in Troy City and Twin Valley school districts.

Urbana University, which conducted statistical research to measure results of the program, recently presented its findings. Results show Troy second graders’ reading fluency scores increased an average of 6.7 percent; Troy third graders’ scores increased an average of 10.4 percent; and Twin Valley first through third graders’ scores increased 8.1 percent.

2012 Kids Read Now Kick-Off

mnichols — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:57:50 +0000

Employees at Troy-based One Call Now celebrate the kickoff of the company-sponsored Kids Read Now summer reading program at the company’s annual meeting held January 4. Kids Read Now launched in 2011 and gave away 10,000 books to 850 students at 7 local schools. The 2012 goals were unveiled at the company’s January 4 annual meeting, which include giving away 35,000 books to 5,000 students in 75 schools throughout the U.S.