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About STAIR
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
25th Anniversary STAIR Affair Cocktail Party and Auction March 25, 2010, 7:00 pm until 9:30 pm Held at the home of Anne Montgomery and Anne and Bill Grace 2525 St. Charles Ave Honorary Co-Chairs: Louellen & Darryl Berger Denise and George Shinn
STAIR AFFAIR SPONSORS
Oh, the Places Readers Go!
Entergy Charitable Foundation
Where the Readers Are Versabar, Inc.
Cloudy With a Chance to Read Louellen and Darryl Berger City of New Orleans , Mayor C. Ray Nagin Real Estate Tax Group, LLC Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
The Very Hungry Reader Kent Mitchell (in loving memory of Jean Wilson Mitchell) New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association Poydras (Louisiana) LLC Poydras Properties LLC
Goodnight Reader The Hon. and Mrs. Christopher J. Bruno Patricia and Vernon Brinson Edison Chouest Offshore Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, APLC Ms. Lauren Geraghty Anne and Bill Grace iBERIABANK Jones Walker LaFete News Sydney and Ken Lawder Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mayer Sherri and Eric O’Bell Phelps Dunbar LLC Cathy and Hunter Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Dick Piner Rebowe & Co., CPAs Perrin and Mary Grace Rome Mr. & Mrs. John Stockmeyer WDG Architects Engineers Kathleen and Terry White Whitney National Bank
During the 2009-2010 school year, STAIR is operating 29 tutoring sites serving 250 students from over 30 public elementary schools in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes. More than 300 volunteers participate in our program each year.
Over the last 24 years, STAIR's trained volunteers have tutored more than 5,000 public school children who qualify for the program. Volunteer tutors work one-on-one with second graders to improve their reading and language skills. These students are in danger of academic failure and need this extra help to succeed. Students and tutors meet after school Monday through Thursday or on Saturday morning at sites around Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes. STAIR depends on support from the community to provide this service at no cost to the student.
STAIR to Success: With the 2008-2009 school year, STAIR began relying on testing scores furnished by all of its participating schools who test the children using the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). The DIBELS measures were developed based on the essential early literacy components discussed in both the National Reading Panel (2000) and National Research Council (1998) reports to assess student development of phonological awareness, alphabetic understanding, and fluency with language. For the 2008-09 school year, both fall and spring DIBELS test scores for each STAIR child were obtained from the schools to determine the success of our program. On average STAIR students’ scores in Oral Reading Fluency increased more than 94%!
Populations Reached: Recommended by their teachers, STAIR students are 7-9 year old second graders. Nearly 70% are African-American boys and girls living below the poverty level in our community.
STAIR is a volunteer-based, non-profit children's literacy organization that provides reading tutors for public school second grade students. STAIR was founded in New Orleans in 1985.
1545 State Street New Orleans, LA 70118 Phone: (504) 899-0820 Fax: (504) 895-2668 Email:
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STAIR Fall Tutor Training
The Fall 2010 dates have been announced for STAIR Tutor Training. Help a child learn to read! Click here.
STAIR Summer Newsletter
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