1. Enhancing Literacy Skills Throughout the Community Silvia Cisneros Senior Librarian Santa Ana Public Library

2. City of Santa Ana More than 80% Hispanic Population 328,909 More than 30% Economically Disadvantaged

3. 60% of all 2 nd & 3 rd grade students are scoring basic, below basic and far below basic. 36 SAUSD elementary schools identified for program improvement 20 of those schools have qualified for Supplemental Educational Services (SES) SAUSD has 2,662 out of 6,373 students in a waiting list to receive those services. Santa Ana Unified School District Findings

4. Enhancing Literacy Skills Throughout the Community

5. Community Interest

6. Parents Participation

8. Students Participation

10. Students participation (Con’t) Students will learn: Station 1: Before, During and After. Station 2: Read-Along Listening Center Station 3: Introduction to Reading Comprehension Station 4: Building Fluency Station 5: Reading Comprehension

15. How Long was the Program? It was meant to be 25 weeks It was 17 weeks

16. Sites that Participated Logan Recreation Center Memorial Recreation Center Santa Ana Public Library El Salvador Recreation Center Newhope Library Jerome Recreation Center

17. 3 parent workshops and 2 sessions of each were held at different sites 120 parents participated per workshop. 14 literacy sessions took place per site, totaling 84 sessions all together 15 Tutors participated in the program 120 students participated 120 book bags with a book and reading log were created and given to students on a weekly basis. Outputs

19. Future of this Program 100 Participants50 Participants

20. Program Coordinator Silvia Cisneros 714-647-5258 scisneros@santa-ana.org Enhancing Literacy Skills Throughout the Community