Future Forward Literacy

Future Forward has completed our 2024-25 programming in each of our our six school districts! We are so proud to have served 977 students and their families. Check out our full summary report highlighting numbers from the last three years of the Future Forward program: https://bit.ly/3G40mUf

Thank you to our incredible staff, school partners, and families for making this year a success! 🚀

Future Forward is proud to announce we have been awarded the prestigious Tutoring Design Program Badge from Stanford University’s National Student Support Accelerator (NSSA). To receive a Badge, our program was evaluated by a third-party team of education leaders to assess its alignment to rigorous Tutoring Quality Standards. The design of Future Forward's tutoring and family engagement program was shown to excel in Instruction, Learning Integration, and Cohesion.

To learn more about the NSSA Badging process, visit their website: https://studentsupportaccelerator.org/tqis/badging

We're sharing more end-of-year celebration photos - this time from Page Street Elementary in Montgomery County, NC. Graduating Future Forward scholars enjoyed pizza, a tutors vs. students trivia game, diplomas, and goodie bags!

We're so proud of our students' reading progress and all the work we've done this year in Montgomery County! 🚀

Class dismissed! 🎓 Our students at Green Ridge, Mt. Gilead, and Star Elementaries in Montgomery County, NC celebrated their graduation from the program last week, even receiving their Future Forward "degrees" in reading success!
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Closing out the year with big smiles and big accomplishments at Limestone Central Elementary! 🎉📚

Students celebrated their hard work with awards recognizing their growth throughout their reading journey with Future Forward. We’re so proud of everything they’ve achieved and so grateful to our staff who have made it possible.

News from Future Forward! Two of our Kindergarten students at Limestone Elementary made big strides recently. Both improved their reading level and passed their Phonological Awareness (PA) assessments they have been working so hard on! We are so proud of them! 🥳

Go behind the scenes of our latest family event in Montgomery County, NC! Last week, students and families from Grassy Pond and Star Elementaries came together to celebrate spring with snacks, activities, and lots of smiles. 🌷😄

Future Forward's tutors are the glue that holds our program together. Meet one of our Wisconsin Rapids tutors, Kaydence! 🚀✨

"Hello! My name is Kaydence McGregor. I started tutoring at Howe Elementary for Future Forward this past fall. I am still very new to the position, but I love being a part of this incredible program. I come from a large family of 7: with 1 older brother, 2 younger brothers, and 3 younger sisters. I have experience in lifeguarding and I am also currently working at Dog Star Resort (now called R & L Prairie Oasis, LLC) where I work with dogs of all breeds and sizes. I enjoy playing hockey in my free time and also love painting and crocheting.

I graduated last spring in 2024. I am still unsure of what the future holds, but tutoring has taught me that I love working with kids and inspiring them to push through challenges. It is incredibly rewarding to see the excitement on their faces when those tough ideas finally click. I still do not know what career path I want to pursue, but I know that I would like to continue encouraging young minds to learn and grow."

At our Montgomery County Schools North Carolina, we marched into reading like it was our favorite cardio. 📚💪

Our March family events were full of books, games, snacks, and smiles. Huge thanks to the families who showed up, showed out, and reminded us that reading is better when it’s shared.

Same time this month? 😉

This week, the spotlight shines on another of our fabulous Family Engagement Coordinators. Meet Rebekah, our FEC for Monmouth-Roseville School District #238 in Monmouth, IL! 🚀🏫
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Libraries: where stories live, curiosity thrives, and everyone’s welcome. 📖 This , we’re grateful for the school libraries that help our students explore the world as they continue on their reading journeys.

Pictured is Future Forward's classroom at Candor Elementary School, inside their school library! What a perfect place for our students to learn to read.

Meet Weston (left) and Gabby (right), two Future Forward students from Cherokee County School District who bring joy to every session! Weston, a student at Draytonville Elementary, loves coming to Future Forward. At Luther Vaughan Elementary, Gabby’s favorite part is picking out a book for her tutor, Mr. Robert, to read.

Students like Weston and Gabby come to Future Forward excited to learn—and the strong relationships they build with their tutors make that experience even more meaningful. 🚀