Read Ahead

Read Ahead is proud to have delivered a high-quality reading-based mentoring program weekly from october 2021 - june 2022. In its 2nd year of operating a fully virtual program, Read Ahead served 694 1st - 5th grade students across 9 public elementary schools in new york city where the majority of students are challenged by poverty. We engaged 1,047 volunteer mentors from over 30 corporate partners to support students to develop literacy and social-emotional skills during weekly sessions. Over the course of the year, Read Ahead students mastered over 800 literacy standards via booknook, a virtual learning platform that targets skills in five domains of literacy, and Read over 6,630 books together with their mentors using epic, a virtual library. 100% of educators who completed our spring survey stated that children benefited from Read Ahead. 81% of educators felt that Read Ahead helped increase students' enjoyment of reading, and 73% of parents / caregivers felt Read Ahead helped increase students' enjoyment of reading and reading ability.in may, 2022 Read Ahead held its 30th anniversary gala, bringing together 300 supporters to raise critical funds and honor our longtime partner, bloomberg, and celebrate assistant principal reyes of p.s. 92 in queens.