Educate, Affirm, Inspire with S.P.I.R.E.
The Golden Bell Education Foundation is proud to partner with the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County to provide S.P.I.R.E. (Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence) reading intervention kits to all 13 Boca Raton public elementary schools. These kits are being used to target the lowest 25% of readers in kindergarten through third grade throughout Boca Raton public schools.
We chose S.P.I.R.E. because it is district and state approved, cost-effective, has a very high success rate, and is in alignment with the science of reading. We have staff in the district who are trained to educate teachers on the program. S.P.I.R.E. is helping us make the best use of the time available while increasing productivity.
S.P.I.R.E. is a comprehensive and multisensory reading intervention and instructional program that integrates phonological awareness, phonics, handwriting, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension in an instructional design that is based upon how struggling readers learn. S.P.I.R.E. has been used throughout the country with remarkable success by thousands of elementary, middle, and high school students. This includes students with characteristics of dyslexia, or Specific Learning Disabilities, or students who need direct, systematic, sequential instruction in reading.
While literacy and reading comprehension are national issues, only 54% of third graders here in Palm Beach County are reading proficiently or at grade level. Studies show that students who do not read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave high school without a diploma. The Boca Chamber and the Golden Bell Education Foundation are driven to create change in our community by advocating for struggling readers of Boca Raton.
We chose S.P.I.R.E. because it is district and state approved, cost-effective, has a very high success rate, and is in alignment with the science of reading. We have staff in the district who are trained to educate teachers on the program. S.P.I.R.E. is helping us make the best use of the time available while increasing productivity.
S.P.I.R.E. is a comprehensive and multisensory reading intervention and instructional program that integrates phonological awareness, phonics, handwriting, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension in an instructional design that is based upon how struggling readers learn. S.P.I.R.E. has been used throughout the country with remarkable success by thousands of elementary, middle, and high school students. This includes students with characteristics of dyslexia, or Specific Learning Disabilities, or students who need direct, systematic, sequential instruction in reading.
While literacy and reading comprehension are national issues, only 54% of third graders here in Palm Beach County are reading proficiently or at grade level. Studies show that students who do not read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave high school without a diploma. The Boca Chamber and the Golden Bell Education Foundation are driven to create change in our community by advocating for struggling readers of Boca Raton.