ALEXANDRIA, VA — In Alexandria’s elementary schools, 34 young readers remain without a volunteer tutor — and time is running out to set them on a path to literacy.

Did you know that helping a fourth grader catch up in reading can take four times as long as teaching that same child to read in first grade ? Getting in early matters.

That’s where the Alexandria Tutoring Consortium (ATC) steps in. Their mission is simple but powerful: match volunteers with kindergarten through second grade students who need extra help to read on or above grade level.

How it works:

Tutoring sessions last 35 minutes, held during the school day in Alexandria City Public Schools.

Volunteers work one-on-one, using lesson plans built around the Science of Reading approach.

ATC provides all training,

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