This April, we want to make a special shout out to Dr. Cary Stratton, our Reading Buddy of the Month and the winner of our Refer-A-Buddy Campaign! Cary has been a Reading Buddy volunteer for the past seven years, first learning about the program through his church, First Presbyterian. He
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A Message from SAYL
In these difficult times, San Antonio Youth Literacy continues working to provide for the well-being of our students who need special assistance with reading. Since our Reading Buddies cannot be in classrooms right now, SAYL staff is developing a virtual Reading Buddy Program to offer young readers throughout the San
Donor Spotlight – April 2020
A big THANK YOU to State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance for their recent donation of $7,277.25 which allows SAYL to continue to deliver its Reading Buddy Program to children in the San Antonio community. State Farm has been a long-standing supporter of SAYL, and we cannot thank them enough.
Emergency Support for SAYL
Though schools are closed and our traditional Reading Buddy Program is unable to continue for the remainder of the school year, we still need your support! A contribution to SAYL, big or small, will help to ensure the Reading Buddy Program will be around for the 2020-2021 school year, and to
Be a Big Give Champion!
Help us make a BIG impact on Thursday, March 26 and join us as a SAYL Champion through this year’s Big Give. Below are steps to set up your own fundraising page that will be connected to our SAYL Big Give page. Feel free to email us for more tips
School Spotlight – March 2020
Hats off to our School Spotlight, Rogers Academy in SAISD! Rogers has been an amazing school partner for many years. They continue to partner with the Reading Buddy Program as they want to allow their students the opportunity to have social awareness as well as literacy engagement to support their
Reading Buddy Spotlight – March 2020
Our Reading Buddy of the month for March is Amando Estrada. This is Amando’s fourth year serving as a SAYL Reading Buddy. He found out about the program through an article in the Express-News. During his first three years with the program he worked with students at Crockett Elementary in
Reading Buddy Seminar – Five Areas of Focus for Transitional Readers
A recent Reading Buddy seminar gave Buddies strategies for helping transitional readers. These are students who are “nearly fluent” readers, kids who have begun to adopt reading behaviors that will lead them toward more advanced skills, but who might need a little help navigating this transition. The seminar highlighted strategies
Reading Buddy Tip – February 2020
Tips for Helping Students Stay Focused We’ve all had the one student who has a hard time focusing during their session. It could be a one-time thing or a weekly occurrence. Try the tips below at your next tutoring session, and don’t forget, if needed you can always reach out
Donor Spotlight – February 2020
This month we would like to make a special shout out to the V H McNutt Memorial Foundation and the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club of San Antonio for their recent contributions to SAYL’s Reading Buddy Program. Thank you to V H McNutt Memorial Foundation for their recent grant in