San Antonio Youth Literacy has a vision that every child in South Texas enters third grade reading at level. But we are a long way from that vision. While SAYL has helped thousands of students, we still have thousands more in need of help. We appreciate the financial support we
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Thank You to our Golf Tournament Sponsors
Thank you to CPS Energy for hosting our first annual golf tournament on Friday, November 9! Even with the chilly and windy day, nineteen teams participated in the tournament at the Canyons Course at TPC San Antonio. Teams were then treated to lunch courtesy of CPSE along with a silent
School Spotlight – December 2018
Our School Spotlight of the Month goes to De Zavala Elementary in SAISD. We are so proud and grateful for all that De Zavala has done for its Reading Buddies and students. The wonderful Site Director, Geri Rasmussen, has been a delight to the program and very helpful with our
Volunteer Spotlight – December 2018
Congratulations to our Reading Buddy of the Month – Vivian Holder! This is Vivian’s first year as a Reading Buddy, and she is currently tutoring at Madison Elementary in SAISD. Vivian has a history with Madison. The CFO of her company, Shannon Braymen had started a drawing for a free
Book Buddy News – December 2018
November saw over 100 volunteer hours donated by our terrific Book Buddies. By mid-month volunteers had emptied four huge Gaylord cartons, each holding up to 2,000 books! At this rate we’ll have them all emptied and boxed up for distribution by the end of January. We couldn’t do this without
Reading Buddy Tip – Learning a New Word
Learning and Retaining New Words with the Whiteboard & Piggy Bank A shared concern of many Reading Buddies is when their student misreads the same word on multiple occasions, sometimes even on the next page. For these new or challenging words students may need a lot of repetition with a
School Spotlight – Larkspur Elementary
Congratulations to our School of the Month – Larkspur! They have done an awesome job helping us roll out the Reading Buddy program this year. We started 26 Zachry Corporation volunteers in October, and we had a few community volunteers start as well. The 2nd grade teachers, Ms. Leyva, Mr. Ibarra,
Donor Spotlight – Hulu Viewer Experience
A special thank you to Hulu Viewer Experience for donating $2,344 to San Antonio Youth Literacy. Hulu created their own Fiesta medal with a goal to donate their proceeds to a local nonprofit, and SAYL was the lucky recipient!!
Reading Buddy Spotlight – Lucy Blevins
This month’s Reading Buddy goes to Ms. Lucy Blevins! Lucy has been a Reading Buddy since the 2013-2014 school year and is continuing into her 6th year. She is a volunteer at Bonham Academy and has enjoyed every minute of it. She first learned about the program through her company,
Book Buddies News – November 2018
At Book Buddies the new year of book drives and volunteer activity is in full swing. Our Book Drive Committee, consisting of Maria Salinas, Rosa Maria Gonzalez, and Midge Breslof, is working on encouraging groups all over the city to hold book drives. And those books have been coming in! Concordia