1) Each of our tutoring sessions occurs in Ms. Berg's classroom. Ms. Berg is in her first year at Hyde, and, like me, she moved to DC from North Carolina. She's often present during our sessions, and she's become one of Reach's best advocates. So, you can imagine my excitement when she said, "let me know when you need letters of recommendation as you look to expand. These kids are doing a great job, and it's definitely working - better than most programs I've seen." Ms. Berg made my week! It's specifically powerful for an elementary school teacher to be making these comments. As you can imagine, many people think Reach's model is great for high school students, but they express concern about the quality of the programming for elementary school students. Ms. Berg's comments show that we're providing a high quality program for all students.
2) You may remember DaJohn from our October Update. Today, I provided DaJohn with a hard copy of our October Update. I told him it's important for him to share good news with his family, and I thought they might enjoy seeing his story in our newsletter. DaJohn - seeing the update for the first time - looked at the paper, immediately showed it to the nearest teacher, then walked out into the hall (it was after school) yelling, "look who is front page news!!" You can't help but find energy in these encounters.
Thanks, as always, for reading.
Mark
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