Team Read Alumni Book Drive

by | Aug 29, 2017 | Newsletter Archives

Former reading coaches and their friends and family are invited to donate books for Team Read’s new lending library, which features fun, high-interest books that students can borrow to practice reading at home. Research shows the amount of time children spend...

Team Read Continues to Grow in Highline

by | Aug 23, 2017 | Newsletter Archives

Following the successful launch of our pilot program at Hazel Valley Elementary last fall, we are thrilled to announce that Highline Team Read is expanding! This year we will be welcoming Midway Elementary and Mt. Rainier High School to Highline Team Read. Midway will...

And the Winner Is…

by | Jul 28, 2017 | Newsletter Archives

Over the past 4 weeks, student readers in our summer program tracked their reading at home and during Team Read. For every 30 minutes they read, a stamp or sticker was added to their site’s rocket ship poster. The big winner this summer was NewHolly with 8,568...

Team Read Alumnus: John Chen

by | Jul 27, 2017 | Alumni Stories, Newsletter Archives

Job Title/Company: Single Family Lending Systems Administrator, HomeStreet Bank Team Read Coach: 2006-2007 at Hawthorne Elementary School Like many other former Reaching Coaches, this was my very first job. I didn’t know it at the time but Team Read gave me the...

Bending Over Backward to Help Team Read

by | Jul 26, 2017 | Newsletter Archives

On a recent afternoon in the Team Read offices, Teens in Public Service (TIPS) intern Jessica Luu was lying on her back across a couple office chairs, waving a Kindle tablet above her head. It might look funny, but it’s not surprising: Jessica is an intern who will...

Expanding Team Read’s Summer Program

by | Jul 26, 2017 | Newsletter Archives

There’s lots to celebrate as we wrap up another great summer program in partnership with Seattle Public Library and Seattle Public Schools, and welcomed new partners Highline Public Schools and South Park Community Center. Since the end of June, students have read for...

Pivotal Partner and Change Leader

by | Jun 21, 2017 | Newsletter Archives

If you ask Executive Director Maureen Massey what she believes was the most valuable aspect of Team Read’s partnership with SVP, she will say unequivocally, every time, “working with Katja as our Lead Partner.” Katja Shaye served for 4 years as Team Read’s SVP Lead...

The Right Leader at the Right Time

by | Jun 21, 2017 | Newsletter Archives

When we became an SVP grantee, we had no idea that this would lead us back to Dr. Judy Margrath. We first met Judy in 2001 when she visited Team Read in her role as a Seattle Public Schools administrator. She loved the program model, but shortly after visiting Team...