I am thrilled to announce that San Antonio Youth Literacy will be participating in the San Antonio Regional Forum on Public Education pk-12 on April 21, 2016! The objective you ask? To inform, educate and update leaders on the state of preK-12 education in the San Antonio region, and to highlight promising new initiatives. This forum is a great step forward for San Antonio and will go along way towards sounding the trumpet to create awareness in the community… Read full article here.

Save the date! Join the Big Give Movement and join SAYL on Tuesday, May 3 for SA’s day of giving!

Tell us why you will #givelocal on May 3. Take a selfie or post a short video, and don’t forget to tag us! @SAYouthLiteracy

Its bound to happen, students will get stuck on a new word in the book they are reading. Our first instinct is to tell them the word, however decoding new words is part of the learning process. Having your students try to figure out the new word on their own will help boost their confidence. Try one of these eight prompts to help them along!  See the full list of the tips for Getting Stuck on a Word here.

Please meet Audrey and Rick Laird, our Reading Buddies of the month! This is the Laird’s second year volunteering with our Reading Buddy Program at Jackson-Keller Elementary. Our Site Director at the school, Ashlee Lara, has had the opportunity to overhear their sessions and is convinced their students are going to be forever impacted by their time with the Lairds! Read more about Audrey and Rick here.