Cleveland Opportunity Foundation

Raising A Reader. The Red Book Bag program from the national organization "Raising A Reader" was implemented into all of our kindergarten classrooms. This program encourages multi-generational literacy and parent involvement. Each kindergartner takes home 3 new books each week to share with their family. When they return those 3 books at the end of the week, they receive 3 more for the following week. It has been a wonderful program for our emerging readers and enabled access to books for our families living in poverty. 75-100 families are served through the program each year.

After-School WIN Program. In order to ensure our 3rd and 5th graders were fully prepared for state testing and assistance with mastery of the 3rd and 5th grade standards, an after-school program called "WIN" was implemented. This was designed to support 3rd and 5th grade students struggling in reading and math. The Cleveland Opportunity Foundation paid teachers to work with students everyday after school through the WIN program. The goal is to ensure all 3rd graders meet literacy requirements to advance to 4th grade and that our 5th graders are more than prepared for middle school.

DC Trip - 30 children are chosen to go on a paid trip to Washington DC.

The foundation helps with afterschool extracurricular activities to keep children involved and busy with activities. They held a Spring Musical and a lecture on ballet.

Savings for Success - The children are also learning about saving money. In order to facilitate and encourage saving, the foundation has a program for matching amounts contributed.