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,...
Team Read Summer Wrap-Up and Fall Preview
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...
Sibling Spotlight: Aurielle and Danika
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...
Highline Coach Reflection: Diem
I applied to Team Read because I thought it was a good way to get more involved with the district. I didn't have much experience working with elementary students either, so I thought it would be an interesting job. Now that this year is coming to an end, my biggest...
Powerful Pair: Nebyu and Kalie
We’ve had so many amazing pairs working together this year in Team Read, and thanks to our dedicated teen coaches, many students are now reading at grade level (or higher)! “Kalie has worked as a coach for a couple of years and is fantastic,” says site coordinator...
Graduations & Summer Fun
Team Read just wrapped up a momentous school year with our first-ever online after school program. Nineteen virtual tutoring sites, serving hundreds of students in Seattle and Highline Public Schools, celebrated a year of reading and some amazing progress by our...
Spring Coach Workshops
deveTeam Read believes young people learn and lead confidently when nurtured, entrusted with responsibility, and are held accountable for their performance. We take a strengths-based approach to our work with young readers and teen coaches, by listening to their...
Welcome Team Read Intern Devon!
My name is Devon and I’m a new intern at Team Read. I am currently a freshman majoring in International Studies at the University of Washington, but before that I attended Garfield High School. As a sophomore there, I participated in Team Read’s program at Bailey...
Reading Coach Reflection: Maija
I started Team Read as an 8th grader working at my old elementary school, Leschi Elementary. A student who had worked as a tutor the previous semester came into my class and did a short presentation on what the program did for students. I decided to become a coach...
Highline Team Read Spotlight
Team Read expanded to Highline Public Schools in Fall 2016 with a pilot program at Hazel Valley Elementary, and then began serving students at Midway Elementary in 2017. With our 5-year anniversary just around the corner, we thought it would be fun to check in with...
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