Dyslexia

Celebrating Service

With our Dyslexia Summer Tutoring Program in the rearview and the new school year rapidly approaching, we had the opportunity to gather our ReadingCorps team and their families together for an end-of-summer celebration with a cookout and group painting class on the newly opened rooftop patio at the Appalachian Artisan Center overlooking historic downtown Hindman.  …

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Students in the Spotlight

Our 42nd annual Dyslexia Summer Tutoring Program concluded on June 14 after five weeks of intensive instruction in reading, math, and writing alongside special sessions in art, music, and literature from local artists, musicians, and writers for more than fifty students who were enrolled on campus and virtually. We are pleased to share that students …

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A Note of Thanks

Each semester children and teenagers from across the region can enroll in virtual or in-person after-school tutoring to help remove the barriers they face achieving grade-level reading to dyslexia. Our office manager recently received this note from the parent of one of our students who has been participating for several semesters. Read about Catherine’s tremendous …

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Settlement Receives $892,605 Grant to Support Literacy

AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, has awarded Hindman Settlement School a three-year grant of $892,605 annually. Funding from the agency will be used to continue implementing and growing ReadingCorps, a literacy intervention program targeted at K-3 students who face barriers to grade-level reading as a result of one or more dyslexia …

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Congrats to Caleb!

At the start of this school year, Caleb, a third-grade student at Beaver Creek Elementary, enrolled in our Reading Lab as a non-reader. His teachers noted that he was often disruptive in class and was falling behind his peers. It didn’t take long for ReadingCorps Tutor Anna to discover that Caleb was full of life and …

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We Are Difference Makers

Chrystal, a second-term ReadingCorps member, is one of a four-person team serving students at Carr Creek Elementary in Knott County. Each day, Chrystal tutors 22 Kindergarten through 3rd-grade students both one-on-one and in small groups to help them overcome the barriers they face to reading on grade level.  Lilly is one of Chrystal’s students that …

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