The Carmel Hill Fund is honored to partner with 27 schools in North Louisiana. We service over 600 educators and over 10,000 students, and provide the tools needed to foster a culture of successful readers. We are dedicated to these teachers and students and are committed to provide everything necessary to assist our program within each of our schools.
We have provided professional development to over 6,400 teachers and librarians so they can support successful independent reading growth and literacy.
We are committed to bridging the literacy gap, and we have provided over 350,000 books to our partnering schools. In turn, our students are exposed to a variety of interest levels, reading levels, genres, and the most current titles available.
Over 250 edcuation majors at the University of Louisiana at Monroe have worked with our schools to assist in the successful implementation of our programs and gain valuable experience working with students, educators, and administrators.
“A book is a dream you hold in your hand.”Neil Gaiman
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Our school partnerships are centered around developing successful independent readers. Most of our students begin school without the background knowledge needed to read on grade level. We are able to provide assessments to identify each child’s independent reading level, and our librarians, teachers, and interns assist each student in selecting the appropriate books to ensure reading growth.
The Carmel Hill Louisiana Project offers the Carmel Hill Champion Program to every classroom and school each school year. Each classroom must reach certain goals to be considered a Carmel Hill Champion, and each school must have a certain number of Carmel Hill Champion Classrooms to be considered a Carmel Hill School of Champions.
We are fortunate to partner with our Pre-K classrooms to introduce our program to our youngest readers. These students learn about independent reading levels, different genres of literature, and how to select appropriate books to ensure reading growth.
We are honored to partner with The Monroe Literacy and Art Bus. The LAB is a mobile classroom focused on increasing literacy and arts education in South Monroe. The bus travels to a different school each month and certified educators teach sessions targeted to specific grade levels and content. We provide necessary technology, materials, and books to ensure each student is equipped, ready to learn, and has books to take home.
The Carmel Hill Fund Education Program is a national organization, but our impact can be felt most strongly in the communities in which we work.
