Close to 60% of 3rd-grade kids in the Pikes Peak Region are not reading at their grade level. “The good news is it's a skill that kids can get, and we can help them when they're behind."
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The 25th annual formal Children’s Literacy Center Vintner Dinner was held Oct. 22 with a top-notch auction, four-course gourmet wine dinner and major news after several years of a COVID-induced
Gold Hill Mesa host site for Children’s Literacy Center free one-on-one tutoring sessions
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) More kids will have the opportunity to catch up on their reading this summer for free. The Children’s Literacy Center, a non-profit organization serving across Colorado tutors students reading below grade level.
The Children’s Literacy Center, has a host site at Gold Hill Mesa Community Center and it has been a key component throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in helping children succeed. Now it is a program the community can count on throughout the summer and upcoming school year.
“Children have been overwhelmed, parents have been overwhelmed, teachers have been overwhelmed, school districts have been overwhelmed…it s been a really tough year, expressed Gina Solazzi, the Executive Director of The Children’s Literacy Center.
Pasta di Solazziâs fragrant creamy tarragon sauce over their fresh conchiglie Griffin Swartzell
Fresh noodles are a gift unto the world. Thereâs nothing wrong with dried pasta â my husband thinks itâs one of civilizationâs best culinary conveniences, and itâs hard to disagree. But the fresh stuffâs something special. It has a certain texture when itâs bitten into thatâs yielding but substantial in a way thatâs just lovely. It is possible to get something of the same texture in higher-end dried pasta, the kind with a rough, no-gloss exterior.
But Pasta di Solazzi didnât return from 20 years of hiatus to screw around. Gina Solazzi and Gregg Braha first opened their Italian joint in 1982, maintaining it over 19 years and across multiple relocations. Now, theyâre back, operating as a ghost kitchen from The Chef s Kitchen on Eighth Street, offering pickup and limited deliveries of a small menu t