by TeamReadUser | Oct 20, 2021 | Alumni Stories, Newsletter Archives
Job Title: EntrepreneurReading Coach: 2001-2004 (Bailey Gatzert Elementary) Team Read Board Member: 2010 – 2013 As a teen, Kacie volunteered as a Team Read reading coach to elementary school students before earning her BA in Communications from Seattle Pacific...
by TeamReadUser | Oct 20, 2021 | Alumni Stories, Newsletter Archives
As Team Read approaches our 25th anniversary next fall, we’re thrilled to have a passionate and dedicated alumna leading the organization into the next chapter, helping Team Read reach even more young readers and teens in our community. Chance Hunt, President...
by TeamReadUser | Aug 18, 2021 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read will be serving many more students during the 2021-22 school year, with several new sites in Seattle, Highline, Tukwila, and beyond. You can support this growth and help expand Team Read’s libraries by purchasing books from our Amazon charity list or making...
by TeamReadUser | Aug 18, 2021 | Newsletter Archives
Over the past couple months, Team Read has added two staff and welcomed three new board members to our team. “We are super excited to have such dynamic and skilled individuals joining our board and staff!” said Executive Director, Melissa Pailthorp. “We’re growing...
by TeamReadUser | Aug 18, 2021 | Newsletter Archives
During the 2020-21 school year, Team Read provided 40 hours of one:one reading time for hundreds of 2nd-4th grade students online after school. We saw them develop powerful connections with their teen reading coaches and become stronger, more confident readers. In the...
by TeamReadUser | Aug 18, 2021 | Newsletter Archives
We are thrilled to announce Team Read will be partnering with Tukwila School District (TSD) beginning this fall to provide one:one reading tutoring support for 2nd and 3rd grade students at Cascade View, Tukwila, and Thorndyke Elementary Schools. Earlier this year,...
by TeamReadUser | Aug 17, 2021 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read launched our 2021 summer program on July 6th. Many of our Seattle-based coaches and readers who worked together during the school year opted to continue their partnership for five weeks of virtual programming. Team Read’s core program included five different...
by TeamReadUser | Jul 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
1. The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm Release Date: January, 2021Age Range: 8-12 years About: Bell, who’s spent all eleven years of his life on Mars, is curious about his planet and the secrets the adults in his life are keeping from him about it. When they all fall...
by TeamReadUser | Jun 16, 2021 | Newsletter Archives, Tutor Stories
Team Read coaches and twin sisters, Aurielle and Danika, joined the program this year to earn community service hours, while also sharing their passion for reading and literature with young students. And, as we recently discovered, they are budding writers and...
by TeamReadUser | Jun 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Team Read site coordinators – the educators who oversee our powerful pairs’ tutoring sessions – have played a pivotal role in executing our virtual program this year and ensuring everyone had a positive experience during Team Read. They made calls...