making the grade continued from page 41 year they're actually reading and all of a sudden everything makes sense to them." eileen brown smart reading program courtesy of smart reading program iii get smart third grade students are not meeting the state's reading standards "third grade is a pivotal point in that if they're not proficient at reading chance of graduating from high school,” says costco member barbara reading program halsey and costco member eileen brown coordinate the smart reading program at myers elementary school in west salem is to spark joy and opportunity how to read—we just make books fun for them," halsey says the smart reading program third grade students at 283 oregon ing for the program comes from pri- have read more than 2.8 million times we start out with a child who doesn't know how to read any word and then by the end of the year they're everything makes sense to them," brown says.-christina guerrero holistic help sending a child to school is only part child doesn't have food in their belly life-skills mentoring services sure the equation is complete members making earlier this year the connection asked readers to share how they're helping students in their communities here's a taste of how our members are lending a hand mountain bike club at our son's public high school as part of the expansion of the virginia league of the national interscholastic cycling it has been an amazing experience to initiative and ownership of the student riders
