A campaign has recently been launched by several nonprofits and foundations called the Tahoe Truckee Reads Campaign. This is a call to action to improve reading proficiency for all children by third grade. Currently, two-thirds of the students in the U.S. and 47 percent of children at Tahoe Truckee Unified School District are not reading at the expected proficiency levels by the end of the third grade, and among low-income children, this drops to 24 percent.

Research shows that up to third grade, kids are learning to read and after third grade, kids have to “read to learn.”

Third-grade reading proficiency is a key indicator of school success. To address this, the Tahoe Truckee Reads Campaign has been launched, with a focus on what can be done before children get to school, in preschool and from kindergarten through third grade, as well as during summer vacation to reduce summer learning loss.

A planning meeting is set for March 1 at Truckee Elementary School, 5-7pm, and translation services will be provided. RSVP to Laura Abbey Brown at exed@ttcf.net.