Agency Details:

Schools Of Hope Tutoring At Allied

The goal of our agency is to improve math and literacy achievement levels in the Madison Area School District, especially in grades K-5. We do this by placing volunteers around the community to work one to one with students that are behind grade level in math or reading.

Description:
Schools of Hope is currently serving 34 sites around Madison and the surrounding communities. At the Allied Drive Community Learning Center you would have the opportunity to tutor one to one or in a small class setting. Center hours are mondays 2:00 to 5:30 and tuesdays through fridays 3:30 to 5:30. Any amount of time that could be donated would be much appreciated. There are many children in desparate need of academic help in the Allied Drive neighborhood and the work that you will be doing will most definetely benefit the youth of the area.

History:
The Schools of Hope Literacy Project began in 1995 as a civic journalism project by the Wisconsin State Journal and WISC-TV that studied ways that active community engagement could address critical needs. Educational issues quickly emerged as a community priority. A Leadership Team comprised of community leaders was convened by United Way of Dane County. They reported the achievement gap between students of color and their white peers as a growing concern. Upon further study they identified tutoring as a method of addressing this challenge, and in 1998 the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a grant to provide AmeriCorps VISTA members who would serve as volunteer coordinators in Madison elementary schools. Since then the project has been expanded to include Sun Prairie and Verona school districts.

When the CNCS grant ended in 2004, United Way of Dane County allocated funding to continue Schools of Hope. RSVP of Dane County was asked to serve as the Lead Agency for the project. At that time, the project applied for and received a CNCS AmeriCorps VISTA grant to support early learning activities for preschool children, and the Preschools of Hope Project was launched.

In 2007 the project was awarded an AmeriCorps State grant through the CNCS. This grant provided for the Schools of Hope and Preschools of Hope efforts to combine in order to provide a seamless approach to providing literacy and math support for students in preschool through fifth grade.

Contact person: Tyler Ulbrich, Volunteer Coordinator, (608) 204-6570, (email)

Address:

2237 Allied Drive Madison, WI 53711 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.mmsd.org/soh

Directions:

From the beltline take the Dodgeville Exit (Exit 258). At the bottom of the ramp take a left. Then turn left on Verona Frontage Road. Take a quick right onto Verona Road. Verona Road will turn into Allied Drive. The. . . (more)   Nearest Bus Stop: 19, 3 minute walk

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Last updated on January 14, 2009