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Community volunteers, SCCPSS and First Presbyterian launch targeted reading program at Heard Elementary
Summary
Volunteers Michael and Allison Johnson, First Presbyterian Church of Savannah and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System started a targeted reading program for second-graders at Heard Elementary; organizers said attendance rose from 4 to 11, books were funded by the church and a church van solved transportation barriers.
Unidentified Speaker 3 said Michael and Allison Johnson have expanded a volunteer effort into a targeted reading program for second-graders at Heard Elementary in partnership with the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) and First Presbyterian Church of Savannah.
Program organizers said the tutoring sessions meet twice a week for an extra hour of focused reading practice and use books purchased through fundraising by First Presbyterian. "It's an extra hour twice a week," Unidentified Speaker 3…
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