Reading Partners Mid-Atlantic

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a great book! 📚❤️💛💙

Our team is sharing a few of our favorite children’s books that celebrate culture, family, identity, and community:

📖 Abuelo, the Sea, and Me
📖 My Name Is Cool
📖 Tíos and Primos
📖 My Papi Has a Motorcycle

What book will you be picking up this month? Let us know in the comments! 👇

🎃📚 Lace Up for Literacy! 📚🎃

Join us for the 5th Annual Sonny Boy’s 5K: A Walk for Literacy!

📍 Anacostia Park Recreation Center (1900 Anacostia Dr, Washington, DC 20020)
🗓️ Saturday, October 31
⏰ 9 AM–12 PM

Hosted by Reading Partners Mid-Atlantic Board Chair Silas Grant Jr., this family-friendly fundraiser celebrates legacy, community, and the power of literacy.

Bring the whole family for food, fun, activation stations, and community connections while supporting literacy intervention for the students of Washington, DC. Help us shape a child's future—one family, one child, and one step at a time. 💙

Because every step starts with literacy!

🔗 Link in bio to register or donate.

Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore) tutor Sharon Flagler donated ~500 books this week, which we could not be more grateful for her partnership!!

Our "Take Reading With You" book program is designed to help students continue their literacy journey at home so that they may become lovers of reading. For Sharon, her first year tutoring at Westport Elementary filled her with joy and a sense of purpose. As soon as Summer hit, she was out in the community, corrdinating effots to collects books for our students.

We are hopeful there will continue to be more volunteers who seek opportunities to deepen their partnership by donating books, supplies and funds to help support our program.

Sharon is a true Reading Partner!

AMERICORPS SPOTLIGHT!

Winnie is a first-year AmeriCorps Volunteer serving as a Reading Success Coach at Statesmen Boys School. Fun facts about Winnie:

☕ She is a coffee drinker
🍫 Her favorite candy and/or snack food is any kind of chocolate or sweets
✨ What excites her most about her new role is the new environment and meeting the community

Also, Winnie learned about Reading Partners through her mother-in-law, who is a Reading Partners tutor. We are thrilled to have Winnie on our team this school year!

📣 If you’re seeing this, this is your sign to get a FREE library card! 📚✨

Discover all the cool things you can do with a library card. And did we mention FREE?! 👀 From checking out books to accessing digital resources, there’s so much more to your library card than you might think!

What perk are you most excited about? And which one surprised you the most? 👇

P.S. Every library is different! Be sure to check with your local library branch for the most up-to-date information on what your library card can unlock.

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month; there’s no better time to sign up than now! 🎉📖

Overheard in our reading centers and partner sites… 👂📣

“Thank you for tutoring me!”
“What are we reading today?”
“Let’s sound it out!”
“I’m so proud of you.”

These are just a few of the many words you might hear during a Reading Partners tutoring session, where students and tutors learn, practice, and grow together. ✨

Volunteer tutors, we want to hear from you! 👀 What are some things you’ve heard while tutoring our students? Share them in the comments! 💬

The 5th Annual Sonny Boy’s 5K: A Walk for Literacy is almost here!

Join us at Anacostia Park (1900 Anacostia Dr, Washington, DC 20020) on Saturday, October 31, at 9:00 AM for a powerful morning of community, family, and purpose.

Hosted by Reading Partners DC Board Chair Silas Grant Jr., this legacy-building fundraiser honors the life of his father, Silas Grant Sr., while raising awareness and critical funds for early literacy intervention across Washington, DC.

Together, we can combat the literacy crisis—because every step starts with literacy!

🔗Check out the link to register or donate: https://linktr.ee/ReadingPartnersMidAtlantic

THIS FRIDAY

Structuring an Effective Tutoring Session
Friday, September 18 from 11 – 12 PM ET

Join our program team for a training on how to structure an effective Reading Partners tutoring session. This session will cover lesson pacing, practical strategies for managing time efficiently, and best practices for creating a smooth, engaging lesson flow with your student. You’ll also learn how to set clear session goals and handle common pacing challenges with confidence. By the end of the training, you’ll walk away with actionable strategies you can immediately apply to deliver well structured and impactful tutoring sessions.

🎉 Meet Our 2026–2027 Reading Partners Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore) School Partners! 📚

Together, we’re excited to create more opportunities for students to build confidence, strengthen their reading skills, and discover the joy of reading this school year. ❤️📖

Please join us in celebrating this year’s incredible school partners:

📚 Belair-Edison Elementary/Middle School
📚 Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School
📚 K.I.P.P Harmony Baltimore
📚 Moravia Park Elementary School
📚 Southwest Baltimore Community School
📚 Woodhome Elementary/Middle School

We’re grateful to our school partners, volunteers, families, and community champions who make this work possible. Here’s to a new school year filled with learning, connection, and literacy success! 🎉

🔉Stay tuned for a future announcement about when reading centers are open for tutoring.