Thank you for another amazing Bee!
Thank you for another amazing Bee!
Thank you to everyone who attended our 11th Annual Spelling Bee! We had 32 teams compete for the coveted Bee trophy. Read more about our amazing night in this Yale Daily News coverage.   Congratulations
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Field Trips are Back!
Field Trips are Back!
ATTENTION TEACHERS 2023-24 field trips are here! New Haven Reads offers field trips for Pre-K through 5th grade classes in the Greater New Haven area. Students will have an opportunity to choose 5 free books
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Sharing the joy and power of reading

New Haven Reads increases the literacy skills of children by providing individually tailored one-on-one after school tutoring, educational family support, and a community book bank, all at no cost to participants.

Since New Haven Reads was founded in 2001, we have supported more than 7,000 students and distributed over 2.5 million books back into the community, thanks to the help of over 6,000 volunteers. Every week, our one-on-one tutoring and Pre-K/Kindergarten programs respectively serve over 350 children at three New Haven locations….

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All of our programs are free of charge!

One-on-one tutoring: A structured hour of individualized literacy help.

Pre-K/Kindergarten: Small class literacy instruction twice a week

Book Bank: A building full of free books for anyone who wants them

Book Orders: A program to request books for pick up Field Trips …

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Join more than 400 volunteers and nearly 700 donors who help us spread the joy and power of reading every day. Your financial investment enables New Haven Reads to provide critical literacy services to our Greater New Haven community. We’re looking for passionate, committed volunteers who are eager to make positive contributions to the New …

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Our Work and Impact

5,000

students tutored since 2001

 

390

hours of tutoring each week

 

100%

of students improved their literacy scores

 

1.7M

books distributed since 2001

 

36

virtual field trips

 

75%

of students improved their independent reading level by one grade or more

 

6,000

volunteers since 2001

 

4

locations across New Haven

 

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Sharing the joy and power of reading

New Haven Reads increases the literacy skills of children by providing individually tailored one-on-one after school tutoring, educational family support, and a community book bank, all at no cost to participants.