Sylvan Learning Center of Bend announces a new partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Bend to provide free, high-dosage tutoring in reading for all Club members in kindergarten through third grade. This initiative is made possible through Oregon’s Early Literacy Success Community Grants, part of a statewide investment in early childhood literacy.

Launched under the leadership of Governor Tina Kotek, the Early Literacy Success Initiative was created in 2023 to improve reading outcomes for children from birth through third grade, close longstanding academic disparities, and support families in nurturing early literacy development. In March 2025, the Boys & Girls Club of Bend was selected as one of 13 organizations across the state to join Cohort 1 of the Community Grant recipients — and

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