Emma, thawj tus neeg kawm ntawv hauv Bay View Elementary School, zaum ze ntawm Elaine, ib tug menyuam muaj 78 xyoos hauv tsev nyeem ntawv. Nyob ze, Emma Emma tus tub kawm ntawv, Denim, khub nrog Ron, tus neeg laus uas muaj 66 xyoo.
Nws yog Hnub Nyeem Ntawv Pals hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv Proctor-cheeb tsam, koom nrog cov tswv cuab hauv zej zog nrog cov menyuam kawm qib K-3 kom nyeem ntawv ua ke nrog lub sijhawm noj sus 30-feeb. Kev sib tham ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab lawv tus khub nyeem ntawv ua ke yog kev phooj ywg thiab kev lom zem, thaum lawv qhib lawv phau ntawv thiab pib nyeem ntawv. Yuav pib ua li cas rau xyoo 2013 hauv cov zej zog hauv Minnesota sab qaum teb ntawm Proctor, Moose Lake, thiab McGregor, uas tau nyiaj los ntawm Northland Foundation, tau txuas ntxiv txhua xyoo txij li thaum. Nyob rau xyoo 2016-2017, Ob Lub Tuam Tsev thiab Aitkin tau qhia txog kev nyeem Pals hauv lawv cov tsev kawm ntawv theem qis, thiab.
Reading Pals (part of the KIDS PLUS program) grew from the longtime priority of the Northland Foundation, shared and generously supported by The McKnight Foundation, to promote high-quality care and education for children, birth through third grade. Many of the children who are part of Reading Pals live in low-income households where there aren’t always books available or adults with the time or energy to read with them.
"Peb tau pom tias cov laus neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb muaj ob leeg ua siab ntev thiab sijhawm, uas tej zaum yuav muaj luv luv rau cov niam txiv uas tsis muaj zog, uas hais tias Lynn Haglin, Northland Foundation Vice President / KIDS PLUS Director, ntawm qhov kev qhia Nyeem Ntawv Pals.
"Peb tau pom tias cov neeg laus tuaj yeem tuaj yeem tuaj yeem ua siab ntev thiab sijhawm, uas tej zaum yuav muaj luv luv rau cov niam txiv uas tsis muaj hauj lwm uas ncav roj nyias." -Nnn HAGLIN, NPAJ TUS NEEG, NORTHLAND FOUNDATION
Txog ntawm ib xyoos, Nyeem Pals ua haujlwm ntau dua 300 tus menyuam kawm ntawv. 40-50 cov neeg laus tuaj yeem pab dawb, kwv yees li 2-4 teev hauv ib lub lim tiam uas ntxiv txog li ntawm 1,200+ teev hauv lub xyoo kawm. Cov xib fwb hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv tau pom zoo rau cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv uas xav tau kev pab ntxiv tab sis tsis tau zoo rau Title I. Lawv qhia tias Pals pab lawv cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv txawj nyeem ntawv, muaj kev hlub ntawm cov phau ntawv thiab kev kawm, pab txhawb tus menyuam txoj kev ntseeg tus kheej, thiab ua rau lawv hnov tshwj xeeb.
"Cov me nyuam yeej xav koom nrog; nws tsis yog ib qho kev xav tsis zoo rau hauv qhov kev kawm no, "piav txog Vicki Radzak, uas tswj cov Pals hauv Moose Lake.
Ib tus neeg laus tuaj yeem hais tias nws zoo: "Ua ib qho Reading Pal yuav qhib lub qhov rooj rau cov laus, nrog rau qhov kuv muab rau kuv tus kheej ... cov tswv yim tshiab thiab cov chaw tshiab thiab muaj kev cia siab mus nrog phau ntawv . "
