by Roc The Future | Jul 1, 2025 | Impact Stories
Learning begins long before a child enters school. The reading development foundation built in the early grades — kindergarten, first, second and third grade — plays a crucial role in increasing opportunities for all youth. In 2020, the University of Rochester Medical...
by Roc The Future | Jun 26, 2025 | Impact Stories
Meet DaJuan Jackson or “DJ” as family and friends affectionately call him. He is a graduating senior from Edison Career & Technology High School. This fall, he’ll be attending SUNY Brockport to major in Journalism & Broadcasting with a...
by Devon Bradley | May 8, 2025 | Impact Stories
Vertus High School is a non-profit, public charter school serving young men in grades 9-12. Since opening in 2014, faculty and staff have focused on academic success and character development by building strong relationships with students and their families. Each...
by Devon Bradley | May 8, 2025 | Impact Stories
Freedom Scholars Learning Center (FSLC) provides after school and summer enrichment programs including an integrated reading curriculum to improve early grade literacy for Rochester youth. Their literacy intervention program is called Word RICH (Reading Intervention...
by Devon Bradley | May 8, 2025 | Impact Stories
Action for a Better Community’s Head Start and Early Head Start are federally funded programs that provide educational and developmental services to more than 1,000 children and pregnant women in Monroe County. Every year, Head Start programs serve more than one...
by Devon Bradley | May 8, 2025 | Impact Stories
One Saturday morning last August, Shay Wilson turned on the radio and heard an interview that may end up changing the course of her four-year-old granddaughter’s life. The interview was about the profound impact that attending Pre-K can make on a child’s development....
