Read Santa Clara hosted a watch party for their 2023 video (watch on YouTube) featuring tutors and learners sharing their moving and inspirational stories. These are always moving events, whether in person or online. These are people who have learned to read English as adults. They are truly people making a difference in their lives. …
Read Santa Clara – one of the biggest literacy programs at the Santa Clara City Library – is great about keeping people up to date with their stats and volunteers. They shared this with us last month, and we wanted you to see it too! We’re super proud to support this program!
Thank you for your support of Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends. So far in 2022, you, your family, your friends, and your neighbors have donated over $175,000! Your investment in our community made the following possible: An in-person Comic Con, bringing family fun and a different kind of literacy to over …
If you keep close tabs on our website, you may notice that we’ve added a new page – programs we support! This is not an exhaustive list of classes, events, and resources that the money we raise supports at The Santa Clara City Library, but it does cover a lot of the major ones, like …
A huge thanks to Mission City Community Fund for their ongoing support for Read Santa Clara! They gave us a generous grant last month to support this fabulous program that works to improve literacy across Santa Clara and Silicon Valley. Thank you!! If you would also like to support Read Santa Clara or any of …
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Amy Cho, our current board president, congratulated the first class of graduates from the Career Online High School, an online program run by Read Santa Clara to increase the educational level attained by people in our community. These are all folks attending school while working during the day – and this first class completed all …
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Read Santa Clara continues its important work helping everyone learn how to read even during these times. They’ve been using their You Tube channel to reach out to their learners to support them as they improve their reading skills. As you know learning of all kinds has been disrupted this year, and Read Santa Clara …
The Career Online High School is a program that Read Santa Clara runs, and offers adults the chance to get their high school diploma. This allows them to take the next step in their career or education. It’s a great opportunity that can really help people whose lack of a high school diploma is holding …
Read Santa Clara has recently started a podcast! They feature their learners and their stories, which is super-inspiring. The theme in the latest podcast is “courage.” I hope you enjoy listening to it.
September is National Literacy Month! Suha, a Read Santa Clara tutor, wrote, “ The biggest misconception about tutoring is that only one person walks away with more knowledge. As a tutor, I learned just as much- if not more- from my learner… My learner taught me that sometimes life is hard, but it’s important to …