Title 1 brings Federal money to schools to help children achieve at high levels. Mark Twain's Title 1 program is a Schoolwide Project. Title 1 is the major funding source for our reading program, Success For All.

Goals:

Mark Twain's goals for this school year include improving reading achievement and increasing parent involvement.

Activities and Programs that Title 1 supports to achieve these goals:

• P.I.E. Events (Partners in Education) - Evening and afternoon opportunities for parents, children and staff, to learn. Events include: Parenting Classes, Donuts and Dad, Muffins with Mom, Harvest Read-In and Storyteller Read-In. Books are provided to children who attend through a grant from the Books for Kids Foundation
• Educational Assistants - Mark Twain assistants are trained tutors who work with individual students for 20 minutes each day, reinforcing the lessons from their reading class. 30% of all first graders are tutored.
• Home and School - This is the title of a monthly newsletter that all students at Mark Twain bring home with information about reading.
• Testing - All Mark Twain Students are tested every eight weeks in reading, this determines reading class placement.
• Software - Computer software is purchased for classroom and lab computers that will help students in reading.
• Continuous learning - Training and workshops for teachers and parents are provided during the school year.
• Welcome Room - New students and their parents are introduced to Mark Twain Elementary by our student and parent advocate. We hope you like it so much at Mark Twain that you'll never want to leave!

http://www.successforall.net