✓ 100 Book Buddies students

✓ 49 Reading Readiness students

✓ More than 3,000 tutoring sessions for

Book Buddies students

✓ Over 1,500 tutoring sessions for

Reading Readiness students

✓ ✓ 132 community volunteer tutors

In response to tutor requests, ATC staff members led more

training sessions for our tutors, including a popular

troubleshooting session which we intend to offer again this

coming year. Thank you for communicating what you need.

Tutors, We Heard You!

November 2018

Annual Report

The Alexandria Tutoring

Consortium

Makes A Difference! The results are in and the Alexandria Tutoring Consortium (ATC) had a

very successful 2017-2018. We really hit it out of the ballpark! Eighty

percent of first grade Book Buddies students were reading on or above grade

level by the end of the school year. On average, these students exceeded the

goal that Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) sets as an expected growth

in reading levels. We’re also happy to report that high levels of achievement

were seen across the Book Buddies population, including English Language

Learners and those students with special needs.

The kindergarten Reading Readiness students also had a strong year:

89 percent of these students met or passed the benchmark of the

Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) in the spring.

Additionally, 98 percent of these students mastered alphabet recognition

while 95 percent met grade-level expectations for letter sounds. All our

Reading Readiness students, including those who are learning English or

who have been identified as having a special need, had strong results.

✓ Seven elementary Alexandria City

Public Schools

✓ Improved tutor training and tutor

communications

✓ More donors, new grants, new

funding streams

Highlights

Alexandria Tutoring Consurtium

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Focus! Book Buddies program featured targeted tutor training, improved

student data collection, and a new emergent reader curriculum

In 2017-2018, the ATC Board of

Directors and staff initiated a

number of improvements to the

delivery of its flagship curriculum,

Book Buddies. Through targeted

tutor training, improved student

data collection and use of an

emergent reader curriculum, the

organization realized the strongest

results it has seen in some time,

setting a renewed path for future

successful years.

With rising enrollment in

Alexandria City Public Schools,

ATC found itself receiving

increased requests for tutoring. As

it worked to meet the demand, the

Board also took the opportunity to

renew its commitment to the

effective reading curriculum.

The staff offered additional tutor

training sessions on topics such as

letter sounds, letter combinations,

and how to work through the

weekly lesson plan.

Program Advisor Graeme Jennison

also produced instructional videos,

which were posted on YouTube

and demonstrated examples of

good tutoring models.

Tutors received a new monthly online

newsletter, “Tutor Tips,” with

information directly from the Book

Buddies manual.

Working closely with teachers and

reading specialists, we identified

those students whom our tutors could

best help.

Our coordinators, educators trained

in the Book Buddies method, began

incorporating the curriculum’s

assessment tools. The coordinators

met frequently with the program

advisor to review individual student

progress, challenges, and needs.

With improved student data at their

fingertips, coordinators adapted

weekly lesson plans throughout the

year so tutors could help students

achieve more literacy success.

At its monthly meetings, the Board of

Directors received detailed updates

about student progress, and directed

needed resources to coordinators to

help students in the program.

Finally, our coordinators began using

the Book Buddies emergent reader

curriculum as needed.

This curriculum provides lesson

plans for a child who is “emerging”

into reading. The curriculum is

designed for a child who shows

promise of becoming a strong reader

but isn’t progressing at the levels of

peers in the program and needs some

intervention. The emergent program

helped these children progress to

reading on grade level by year’s end.

The ATC Board of Directors remains

committed to implementing

measures and improvements to help

students be strong readers. Please

read on to learn more about our

results this past year.

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Students are selected by classroom

teachers and reading specialists for

the program based on their fall

PALS scores and their beginning of

the year “guided reading level.”

This past year’s Book Buddies had

a median fall PALS score of 50,

scoring in the bottom half of ACPS

students, and were just at or below

the expected fall reading level.

Ten percent of our Book Buddies

students were identified as special

education students. Again,

75 percent were reading on or

above grade level by June 2018.

This compares with an ACPS-wide

first grade pass rate of 56 percent

for special education students.

The Book Buddies program is

considered a Tier 2 intervention

and is intended to support students

who are reading moderately to

slightly below grade level

expectations or who are reading at

grade level but whose particular

skills indicate a possible risk of

falling behind.

Book Buddies Students

Ready to be Successful

Second Grade Readers

A very high percentage of last

year’s first grade Book Buddies

students showed every indication

they are ready to be successful

readers in second grade. Eighty-six

percent met the benchmark for the

spring Phonological Awareness

Literacy Screen (PALS) and 80

percent were identified as reading

on grade level or higher in their

final report cards.

Comparatively, in ACPS, 78

percent of first graders passed the

spring PALS.

Furthermore, in every school where

we tutored, Book Buddies students

exceeded the expected growth of six

reading levels over the year. In

2017-2018, the Book Buddies

program was offered in Charles

Barrett, Cora Kelly, James K. Polk,

John Adams, Lyles-Crouch and

Matthew Maury schools.

Results also showed strong

performance by students who are

English Language Learners (ELL)

and students with special needs.

Half of the year’s Book Buddies

students were ELL students. By

June 2018, 75 percent were reading

on or above grade level. This

compares with an ACPS-wide first

grade pass rate of 60 percent for

ELL students.

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One-on-One Tutoring Pays Off!

In the 2017-2018 tutoring school year (October 2017 to May 2018), the Book Buddies program offered individualized and

targeted early intervention to first graders in six ACPS schools with twice weekly, structured, one-on-one tutoring sessions.

We are proud to report that 106 community volunteers tutored 100 students for a grand total of 3,224 tutorial sessions.

The kindergartners in our Reading Readiness program received 30-minute, twice weekly one-on-one tutoring sessions in two

ACPS schools. From October 2017 to May 2018, 26 volunteers provided reading support to 49 students for a total of 1,548

tutorial sessions. This program was offered at John Adams and Patrick Henry elementary schools.

The results in this report reflect the progress of students who received 20 or more tutoring sessions during the school year.

Year-end evaluations of the 49

kindergarten students tutored by ATC

showed that nearly every student

mastered recognizing lowercase letters

and letter sounds. Overall, 89 percent

of ATC students passed the spring 2018

PALS, compared to the all-ACPS

kindergarten pass rate of 85 percent.

Much like our first grade Book Buddies

program, students in our kindergarten

program, Reading Readiness, are

selected by ACPS teachers and reading

specialists based on fall PALS test

results, classroom observations and

assessments. Ideal candidates for our

Reading Readiness program are

students who score just below or near

the fall PALS benchmark and/or who

have skill deficits (as identified by their

teachers) that can be remedied by one-

on-one tutoring.

Kindergartners Excel, Mastering Key Skills for

First Grade Reading

Fourteen percent of the Reading

Readiness students did not meet the fall

PALS benchmark (compared to 22

percent of ACPS-wide kindergartners).

The remainder of Reading Readiness

students passed the fall PALS test but

scored in the bottom half of ACPS-

wide scores.

Subgroups of Reading Readiness

students, including ELL students and

students with special needs, exhibited

high rates of achievement on the spring

PALS test. And in both cases, Reading

Readiness scores were higher than

ACPS-wide scores. Eighty-six percent

of our ELL students passed the spring

2018 PALS compared to 70 percent of

ACPS students. And 75 percent of our

special education students passed the

spring 2018 PALS compared to the

ACPS pass rate of 70 percent.

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Charles Barrett (first grade)

Jennifer Adams

Denise Beach

Misty Boyd Jim Clark

Angela Despard

Tom Gannon

Don Haddock

Rebecca Holmes

Rae Ellen James

Judy Jancarik

Carolyn Ninman

Susan Ribyat

Tracey Shenk

Dawn Stump

Lawrence Thompson

Celia Wexler

Harry Williams

Lyles Crouch (first grade)

MaryAnne Beatty

Laura Carroll

Michael Clinkscale

Julie Duke

Mary Kent

Robin Muthig

Monica Parry

Lauren Pike

Mary Ann Rudy Kit Ruland

Liz Simoneau

Susan Van Way

Pilar Vasquez-Lunt

Patrick Henry (kindergarten)

Pennie Aldrich

Susan Blatt

Deborah Dawson

Helene Dyson

Patricia Harris

Julianna Henley

Taylor Kiland Patrick Killeen

Joan Kotze

Christina Mooney

Doug Peterson

Madeline Pina

Katharine Smeallie

Sissy Walker

Linda Woodhouse

James K. Polk (first grade)

Linda Botsford

Nora Butler

Laura Carroll

Caitlin Craig

Evelyn Englander

Risa Gordon

Carolyn Griglione

Teresa Hall

Diana Jarrett

Mary Kent

Maya Lasida Linda Lawhorne

Mary Armistead (Armi) Mack

Bob Meyers

David Pace

Kara Pascale

April Rodgers

Constance Southard

Pat Sugrue

Allison Tracey

Howard Weiss

Matthew Maury (first grade)

Amantha Allen

Debbie Bowman

Loretta Britten

Dick Christenson

Nancy Clayton-Ault

Catherine Davis

Cynthia Douglass

Robert Dunn

David Erion Malvina Ann Ewers

Greg Finley

Laurie Flynn

Sandy Jones

Kristin Langlykke

Sue McIver

Lois Rawson

Kate Theisen

Nancy Van Gulick

Bonnie Williams

Cora Kelley (first grade)

Jill Anderson

Loma "Patsy" Bergen

Charles Buki

Morgan Garner

Barbara Glomb

Toni Gualtieri

Bill Jacobs Con Kenney

Sally Lindsay

Christine Muth

Bob Pasley

Beth Roberts

Mary Jo Smet

Doug Wade

Mary Anne Warner

Howard Weiss

Laura Weitzenhoff

Margaret Wohler

John Adams (kindergarten)

Nancy Adams

Marie-France Bunting

Susan Cottrol

Michael Evans

Jenifer Heilig

Don Horne

Milagros Mateu

Tasha Newill

Jody Porterfield

Randy Prescott

Kathleen Turner

Janice Yeadon

John Adams (first grade)

Allen Anderson Zach Barsness

Joan Burrelli

Jan Campbell

Carol Christensen

Mary Lou Collins

Amy Dale

Nora Donovan

Barbara Fallon

Mercedes Gilliom

Judy Grey

Erin Hablenko

Judith Kramer

Catherine Maddux

Robin McKiel

Maha Mohammad

Richard Morton

Julianne Mulhollan

Roberta O'Brien Barbara Quirk

Cindy Roscoe

Philip Saphos

David Smith

Michelle Wapnick

Thank You Tutors!

Our spring 2018 gift book

distribution was funded by a generous grant from

the Alexandria Rotary Foundation and hosted by our friends at Hooray

for Books! bookstore.

Tutors selected gift books and gave them to their

students before the end of the year.

Contributing to a

Student’s Home Library

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Champions of Literacy ($10,000+) Katherine & David Bradley Linda Lipsett - Jules Bernstein Charitable Gift Fund Maple Tree Fund

RunningBrooke

Literacy Partner ($2,500 – $9,999) Cindy Anderson B-Henry & Associates Mary Frances Chapman Mary Latta Chapman

Richard Christenson George Preston Marshall Foundation Ivakota Association Lisa Jacobs & Paul Brinkman Mertz Gilmore Foundation Physical Therapy Sports Medicine

Westminster Presbyterian Church

Literacy Benefactor ($1,000 - $2,499) Alexandria Rotary Foundation Afsaneh Beschloss Mary L. Collins Gerald C. Cooper & Nancy Van Gulick*** Davis-Kenimer Fund of ACT

Koopman-Eaton Fund of ACT Anthony Lanier Margaret P. Langlykke Fund Jane & Jerry Murrell*** Old Presbyterian Meeting House St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Eugene Steuerle*** George Stevens, Jr. Wells Fargo***

Leadership Circle ($500 - $999) Dodo & Charley Ablard Don Beyer

Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co. Jill Cunningham & David Gaugh Cathy David Deborah L. Dawson Yvonne & Brian Folkerts Judith Grey

Hooray for Books! Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill Brian King Gary Koopman and Barbara Bogue S. William & Elizabeth Livingston Mason Hirst Foundation Fund of ACT

Morgan Stanley Foundation Julianne Mulhollan Sally G. Murray

Ann O'Hanlon Cynthia Roscoe Silverwood Family Fund of ACT

David Speck Nita Thacker Binh and Annette Tran Margaret Whitesides

The Board of Directors thanks our 2017-2018 (July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018) donors who enabled

ATC to continue implementing its research-proven, award-winning and academically successful tutoring program and to reach even more students this year. We also thank those individuals who participated in

our Lions for Literacy fundraising campaign, choosing to make up to three-year commitments.

ATC Thanks Donors

Chair’s Circle ($250 - $499) Alexandria Cares for the Uninsured Fund of ACT Ann Herlin Giving Fund Barbara Brenman

Laura Carroll Dogtopia Marilyn Doherty Laurie Flynn Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Julia & Vance Hall

McDonald Horne Marion Kelly Samuel Maxey Richard Merritt Mike and Louise Kenny Fund of ACT*

Jermaine Mincey Helen Morris and Michael Gaw Gwen & John Mullen New View Designs

Olde Towne School for Dogs Susanne O'Neill

Monica Parry Peter Parry Debra Raggio Jim & Beth Roberts*** Jennifer Roda Peter Smeallie***

Daniel & Linda Vilardo*** David & Melynda Wilcox Leah Wilson John O. Woods, Jr. and Donna Cramer***

Supporter ($10 - $249) Joanne Abed Edward Aguilar

Rachel Alberts Allen Anderson Jill Anderson Natasha Anderson Tom Anderson

Terry Androus Anonymous

Luis Aparicio Kay Arndorfer Kristina Arriaga de Bucholz Nancy Ault

Russell Bailey Kelley Baker Eugenie Ballering Rita Bamberger Janet Barnett Matthew Barthalow & Meghan Carmody

Tricia Bassing

Martin Thomas Baxter Mary Ellen Bayer MaryAnne Beatty Karen Beckhorn Terri Belcher

*One-year Lions of Literacy commitment ***Three-year Lions of Literacy commitment

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Supporters, Continued Herbert Berg Lois Berlin Susan Blatt Barbara Bogue Vici Boguess Bootleg Biscuits

Matt Bornstein Cynthia Boyer

Maxine Brinkman Peter Brinkman Suzanne Brock

Rosann Garber Brodie T.C. & S.G. Brown Marion Brunken Ann Bruno Janie Bryant Rebecca Buckner

Marie-France Bunting Ashley Buran Bob & Sandy Calhoun Jan Campbell Laura Cassidy Patty Chamberlain

Gwynn Chandler Julie Church Robert Clark Jennifer Collins Heather Corey John Cramer

Brooke Curran Thomas Dabney

Donald & Judith Dahmann Catherine Davis Phil Davis Angela Despard

Diversions Cards & Gifts Kevin Dohmen Michelle Donahue Madonna Douglass Yonie Dow Dawn Doyle

Julie Duke

Robert C. Dunn Yvonne Duvall Helene Dyson Marc Eisner

Deborah Ellis Timothy & Judith Elmore Ann Ewers Barbara Fallon Weihua Fan Frank Fannon

Anne Farr Margaret Fitzsimmons Mary Fluharty Steve Flynn Flynn Family Fund of ACT Ellen Folts

Dagne Fulcher Elise Fulstone Amy Furr Timothy Gannon Angela C. Gannon Jocelyn Garay

Cecile Garrett

Brian Gaston Tomas Gbreluul Mercedes Gilliom Mary Giordano Derrick Glasper

Barbara Glomb Donna Gold

Sue Goodhart

Priscilla Goodwin Sandra Goshgarian Terry Davis Gotard Karen Graf Dianet Graldo

Virginia Graves Ann B. Gregory Lynn Gumowski Ellen Haas Kathy Harkness Michelle Harner

Karen Harris Patricia Harris Dean Harter Norman Hastings Janet Hawkins Allyson & Mike Hazzard

Carolyn Heasley Jenifer Heilig Heidi Hemming Candy Perque Herlihy Angela Hiebert Keith Higgins

Donald P. Hilty Sue & Steve Hirschbein Ellen Kelly Holland Holy Cow Burgers Fund of ACT Ron Honberg Kim Huguley

Susan Hyre Jazmen Jackson

Kenneth Jacobs Rae Ellen James Clare & Ed Jayne

Graeme Jennison Richard & Mary Johnson Robert Johnson Paulette Johnson Martha Johnston Leslie Jones

Suzanne Kalvaitis Jean Kelleher

Holly Kenney Taylor Kiland Nancy Kincaid Ellen Klein

Roger Klement Brooksie Koopman M. Carole Kordich Judy Kramer Aileen LaGanza Rocky Laha

Kristin Langlykke Lois Lasida

Maya Lasida Lynn Lawrence Christopher Lewis Dale Lewis

Joseph Lindsay Sally Lindsay Edward Longabaugh Margaret Lorber Beth Lovain Paul Luisada

Mary Lutz

Mary Olivia MacLeod Mary Mahon Alice Manor Susan Maslanka

Carmen McClaskey Laura McConnon

Carol McCormack

Harriett McCune Joshua McGinnis

Helen McIlvaine Sue McIver Robin McKiel Lisa Medley Robert Meyers Judith Miller

Robert & Vivian Miller Jill Milliken Willie Mincey Willie Mincey, II Christina Mooney Andrea Moore

John Moorman Dylan Morris Richard Morton Seema Nawaz Jeff Nesmith

Veronica Nolan Northern Virginia Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi Andra Oakes and Ed Huddleson Roberta O'Brien Terri O'Connor

Cathy Olson Sara Orrick David Pace John Parry Cathy Petrusek Cathleen Phelps

Cecile Phillips

Jim & Dorene Pickup Beverly Pierce Karen Pinsker John Porter Catherine Poulin

Ann & Greg Principato Mary Kay Prior Rona Purdy Madeline Ramsey James Raveret Lois Rawson

Laurie Regelbrugge Renshaw-Porter Family Fund of ACT Beth Resetco Marsha Rhea Susan Ribyat

Elizabeth Richardson Steve Rideout Meagan Riordan Molly Roden David & Gloria Rosenberg

Katherine Rowley Tania Ryan Mary Anne Salmon Kathleen Saunders Sally Schneider Rosie Schwantes

Elizabeth Scott Patricia Scroggs Rachel Shabica Robert Shea David Shern Anne B. Shine

Dan & Helenmarie Shipp Joe & Ann Shumard Katharine M. Smeallie David Smith Nancy Sorvino Constance Southard

Pat Spalatin

Lynda Sprau Katherine Stanford Don Steinwachs

Kathy Stenzel Leslie Casson Stevens Desmond Stockard Daniel Stone Tom & Pat Sugrue Holly Suhi

Rebecca Sullivan Dara Surratt Richard Szabo The Wharf Lawrence Thompson Delores Thornton

Trader Joe's Carol Tucker Michael Tucker Kathleen Turner Yvette Turner

Susan Tuttle

Telesa Via Meredith & Doug Wade Abigail Walcott Sissy & Derek Walker Holly Wallace Susie Warner

Rosemary Webb Judi Webb Angela & Pat Welsh Celia Wexler Paula Whitacre

Karen White

Thomas H. White Ivy Whitlatch Rosie Wiedemer Bonnie Williams Marc & Nancy Williams

Hannah Williams Laurence Williams Clayton Williams Laurie Winakur Tricia Wise

Lee Wittenstein

Margaret Wohler Heng Wong Leslie Woolley Mariann Yeager Nancy Zimler

And ATC salutes those

who donated their time and talent:

Amantha Allen Craig Keith Designs Sue Faron Lynn Gumowski Karen Harris

Laurie Winakur

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Financial Review

2017-2018

In 2017-2018, donations from individuals, foundations, and special events increased

significantly. Total income for the organization was $146,883.81.

Donations from individuals were roughly $74,000. Grants from foundations and donations from civic

organizations were nearly $58,000. Alexandria congregations contributed $7,300. ATC’s raffle

and Anniversary Celebration brought in $6,700. Contributed goods and services totaled $1,000.

Expenses for the year totaled $133,361. The majority of expenses go toward salaries for the

program director, program advisor and coordinators, totaling $111,216. These positions

are all part-time. Other expenses are for program materials and supplies, professional services,

insurance, and fundraising.

ATC also was the recipient of a $12,000 grant from RunningBrooke to implement a pilot

program at James K. Polk Elementary school, whereby tutors led students in prescribed exercises

prior to the tutoring session to increase brain function in support of enhancing performance.

The Board of Directors extends its continued appreciation to the Old Presbyterian Meeting

House in Alexandria for providing free office space and other significant support to the ATC. It

is a generous and critical gift that allows ATC to focus more of its financial resources on tutoring.

84%

7%9%

Expenses

Program

Administrative

Fundraising

50%39%

5%

5%1%

Income

Individuals

Foundations &

Grants

Congregations

Special Events

Contributed

Goods &

Services

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Alexandria City Public Schools Names

ATC

Outstanding Volunteer Organization

In April 2018, ATC was honored to be named an “Outstanding Volunteer Organization” for elementary schools by the Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS).

Individual, group, organization and business volunteers were nominated by ACPS staff throughout the division and the overall winners were chosen by the Office of School, Business and Community Partnerships.

The Alexandria City School Board honored several organizations at a spring Board meeting.

The School Board’s citation recognized ATC as follows: “Thank you also to the Alexandria Tutoring

Consortium (ATC), which has worked with ACPS elementary schools for many years. They help ensure

every child in Alexandria can read and succeed. Based on the Book Buddies curriculum, ATC trains cohorts

of volunteers who provide individual, one-on-one tutoring to struggling first-grade readers. Through ATC’s Reading Readiness program, volunteers help to meet the needs of kindergarten students who start school

without sufficient pre-literacy skills. With their support, many of our kindergarten and first-grade students have learned to read on or above grade level.”

ACPS also recognized several ATC individuals for their outstanding service: Mike Evans, a Reading

Readiness tutor at John Adams Elementary School; Susanne O’Neill, our Book Buddies Coordinator at Matthew Maury Elementary School; and Julia and the late Vance Hall, long-time tutors at Lyles-Crouch

Traditional Academy. We are grateful for the work of these individuals!

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ATC organized its first “Dog Walk for Literacy,” a fun Fall 2017 event inviting dog lovers to register their dogs to walk a 1 mile or 5K

distance. We raised $36,800!

Our second dog walk, “Bark in the Park 18” was October 21, 2018 at

Ben Brenman Park in Alexandria. It was a lot of fun and we look forward to seeing you next year, dog walkers.

We also participated again in the citywide 24-hour online fundraiser, Spring2Action, spearheaded annually by the Alexandria Community

Trust. We made our goal of $15,000.

A New Look, A New Approach:

ATC Upgrades, Improves External Communications

In addition to recommitting to the delivery of our curriculum and identifying new funding streams, the ATC Board of Directors endeavored to improve external communications and find new opportunities to promote the success of

our tutoring programs.

First up: a new logo to reflect the organization’s new energy and dedication. Here we are now:

Every Child in Alexandria Can Read and Succeed

https://alexandriatutors.org/

Next, we revised our website to provide pertinent information for our tutors and donors and current information about our upcoming events. Check us out at alexandriatutors.org.

Following these improvements, we began incorporating social media platforms into our communications. We are now posting regularly on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We are also experimenting with MeetUp and

LinkedIn. We are hopeful that using social media more frequently will strengthen our community profile and catch the attention of more potential volunteers.

These communications tools complement our other more established vehicles, including our monthly newsletter for all our audiences and our monthly “Tutor Tips” newsletter for tutors.

Fundraising Events = Communication Opportunities!

ATC promoted these events via our newsletters, website, and online

platforms. Thank you for supporting our endeavors!

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While the 2017-2018 Annual Report is being published after ATC received its program results from the previous

school year, we are already well into the current (2018-2019) school year. Here’s a peek at our 2018-2019 program. We are excited about even more opportunities!

❖ We continue to strive toward meeting the demand for our curriculum. We are expanding our first grade

Book Buddies to Samuel Tucker Elementary School. We already have requests to deliver our program to

another two schools in the 2019-2020 school year.

❖ We are the recipients of a three-year grant from the Alexandria Fund for Human Services of the City of

Alexandria. The grant is $10,000 each year and will allow ATC to introduce a new curriculum to reach more

kindergarten students. We are initiating “Kindergarten Book Buddies” at Ramsay Elementary in 2018-2019.

❖ With our program expansion, we hired more coordinators. See their photo on the next page.

❖ Generous grants from Westminster Presbyterian Church and the Alexandria Rotary Foundation will allow us

to provide gift books to our students four times this school year.

Looking Ahead to 2018-2019

Presenting the 2017 – 2018 Board of Directors & ATC Staff

Board of Directors

Chairwoman: Yvonne Folkerts Vice Chairwoman: Ellen Kelly Holland

Secretary-Treasurer: Brooksie Koopman

Dodo Ablard Herb Berg

Latta Chapman Dick Christenson

Cathy David Allyson Hazzard Jermaine Mincey Binh Tran

ATC Staff

Lisa Jacobs, Program Director (February - current)

Karen White, Program Director (July, 2017 - February, 2018)

Graeme Jennison, Program Advisor

Terry Androus, Coordinator Pat Lovo, Coordinator Michelle Maxey, Coordinator Susanne O’Neill, Coordinator

Katharine Smeallie, Coordinator Sissy Walker, Coordinator Leah Wilson, Coordinator

*Karen White served as Program Director until February, 2018

Introducing the

2018-2019 ATC Staff

Say hello to our 2018-2019 coordinators.

Top photo, left to right, are our Book Buddies

coordinators: Michelle Wapnick, Susanne

O’Neill, Leah Wilson, Katharine Smeallie,

Karen Kusterer, Debbie Glenn, and Molly

Hall. Middle photo, left to right, are our

Reading Readiness coordinators: Pat Lovo and

Sissy Walker.

Our coordinators will be led by Alison Jones,

program advisor, and Lisa Jacobs, program

director, below left and right, respectively.

Alexandria Tutoring Consortium

323 South Fairfax Street

Alexandria, Virginia 22314

alexandriatutors.org

703-549-6670, ext. 119