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Partnership
with Sweetwater school district first of its kind
San
Diego, California - September 26, 2002 - UROK Learning Institute,
an education company with a proven reading intervention program,
has been awarded a contract to establish a reading clinic at the
MAAC Community Charter School in Chula Vista in the Sweetwater Union
High School District. The school targets at-risk students in grades
9-12, many of whom are English-language learners.
“A
large percentage of our students are reading below grade level,”
said MAAC School Chief Educational Officer Craig Frederickson. “We
selected UROK because of its credentials and the quality of its
program.”
The
UROK reading intervention program, Literacy Links, is the core program
that is being implemented at the new clinic. Based on the internationally
recognized work conducted at Calgary Academy, the largest private
learning disabilities school in North America and developed by inlets™,
Literacy Links is a research-based, phonemic-awareness program clinically
proven to dramatically improve reading for children and adults.
Documentation shows that students completing the program, even those
in the lowest performing schools, advance one to two grade levels
(or more) in as little as 30 hours. UROK is the only authorized
provider of Literacy Links in the United States.
“Reading
skills are fundamental to success in every area of life,” said Susan
Wolking, Executive Director of the Girard Foundation. “The UROK
program could be a turning point for these kids.”
During
the first year, the UROK clinic at the MAAC Charter School will
provide Literacy Links to 60 students with reading difficulties.
The Girard Foundation in La Jolla, California, has provided major
funding for the services, as well as for an evaluation of the program’s
effectiveness.
“The
National Assessment of Educational Progress found that nearly 40
percent of the nation’s fourth graders were not reading at basic
grade level,” said Alex Urbano, president, UROK Learning Institute.
“Our goal is to provide a successful result orientated, cost effective,
collaborative approach to dealing with at-risk students facing the
challenge of reading difficulties. We could not be more pleased
with this partnership and know this clinic will be the first of
many in the community.”
UROK
Learning Institute is an educational research, products and services
company with primary emphasis on a highly effective, research-based,
reading intervention program. It offers individuals, teachers and
schools a variety of clinics, workshops and services. For
more information call 619/299-2282.
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