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Join us for Houston Reads Day 2025 - Engage. Impact. Empower

A single day for Houstonians to come together to read to students, support Literacy Now's Reading Intervention program, and bring awareness to the literacy crisis in our city.

400+ volunteers
39 Houston area schools participating
685 Classrooms
15,000+ Pre-K-5th grade students read to

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Save the Date for the 5th Annual Houston Reads Day: February 28, 2025

Houston, we just don't have a problem. We have a crisis - a literacy crisis.

The Need:

73% of 3rd graders in the Houston area do not read at grade level.
41% of young children in the Houston area are not ready for kindergarten.
Students NOT reading on grade level by the 3rd grade are 4 times more likely not to graduate high school.

The Solution:

Since 2006, Literacy Now's programs have made a significant impact on the community, impacting the lives of more than 26,000 children and parents.
Literacy Now provides reading intervention, reading readiness, and trained volunteer mentors to students along with interactive parent engagement programming that is instrumental to children's long-term success.
These programs empower students to read on grade level.

The Opportunity:

Right now, we are ONLY serving 23% of the children who desperately need our Reading Intervention program.
Houston Reads Day is the catalyst to sustain and grow our Reading Intervention program.

Impact - Over the past four years, Houston Reads Day has:

Raised $2.9M to sustain and grow our Reading Intervention program.
More than 1,700 volunteers read to more than 35,000 Pre-K-3rd grade students.

Participating Schools

****Click Here for a School Location Map****

CHARTER SCHOOLS

Baker Ripley: 6500 Rookin St. 77074 - FULL
Etoile Academy: 6648 Hornwood Dr. 77074
Kipp Climb Academy: 8805 Ferndale 77017
Nativity Academy: 5808 Renwick Dr. 77081 - FULL
The Rhodes School Northshore: 13334 Wallisville Rd. 77049
The Varnett Public School: Southwest 5025 South Willow Dr. 77035- FULL
Yes Prep Airline: 5815 Airline Dr. 77076

ALDINE ISD

Escamilla: 5241 E. Mount Houston 77093
Griggs EC/PK/K: 801 Regional Park Dr. 77603
Jones Primary: 8003 Forest Point Dr. Humble 77338
Kujawa: 7007 Fallbrook Dr. 77086 - FULL
Spence: 1300 Gears Rd. 77067

ALIEF ISD

Best: 10000 Centre Pkwy 77036 - FULL
Bush: 9730 Stroud Dr. 77036
Chambers: 10700 Carvel Ln 77072
Collins 9829 Town Park Dr. 77036 - FULL
Cummings: 10455 S Kirkwood Rd 77099
Holmquist: 15040 Westpark Dr. 77082- FULL
Landis: 10255 Spice Ln 77082 - FULL
Mahanay: 13215 High Star Dr. 77083
Martinez ELC: 10807 Boone Loop Rd 77099
Outley: 12355 Richmond Ave 77082
Youens: 12131 High Star Dr 77072

HOUSTON ISD

Braeburn: 5550 Pine St. 77081 - FULL
Bruce: 510 Jensen Dr. 77020 - FULL
Cunnigham 5200 Gulfton St. 77081
Mark White 2515 Old Farm Rd. 77063- FULL
Milne: 7800 Portal Dr. 77071 - FULL
Mistral CEC: 6203 Jessamine 77081 - FULL
Neff ELC: 8200 Carvel Ln. 77036 - FULL
Neff: 8301 Neff Street 77036 - FULL
Shadowbriar: 2650 Shadowbriar Dr. 77077 - FULL

Sheldon ISD

H.M. Carroll: 10210 C E King Pkwy 77044
Monahan: 8901 Deep Valley Dr. 77044
Royalwood: 7715 Royalwood Drive 77049
Sheldon Lake: 13002 Sheldon Community Drive 77044
Stephanie Cravens Early Childhood Academy: 13210 Tidwell 77044