MURFREESBORO, TN - Read To Succeed (RTS) held its 20th annual Read To Bee 6th Grade Spelling Bee on Friday, April 12th at Patterson Park Community Center. The community event was sponsored by Redstone Federal Credit Union. RTS Executive Director, Jolene Radnoti, kicked off the evening by warmly welcoming everyone and emphasizing the high value of literacy.
Twelve 6th graders from Murfreesboro City and Rutherford County schools came together to compete for the title of 2024 Read To Bee Champion. .
Read to Succeed looks to recruit more volunteers to serve as tutors and mentors. In Buffalo Public Schools, mentors meet with students individually for 30 minutes, two to three times every week.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Read To Succeed received 4,151 gently used books last Thursday from Erma Siegel Elementary’s 4th Annual Holiday Book Drive.
Ms. Pope and her class spearheaded the drive in 2019, and it has since become an annual event. This year’s drive was held between Dec. 1-13.
“I love to read and have so many students who love to read,” said Pope, a fifth-grade teacher. “I feel it is very important for my students to be involved in serving others, a .
The impact of the pandemic on education remains hard to ignore. One way schools and families are trying to address academic losses is by working with tutors.