Seventy-three students were sent to camps at private schools for dyslexic children both in and out-of-state. Younger students attended the Jemicy and Odyssey Schools in Baltimore, MD while twelve of our older students enjoyed The Gow and Kildonan Schools, which are private boarding schools for dyslexic children in New York State.
Our radio ads attracted calls from over 400 potential volunteers which allowed us to fill 4 classes. Many will become tutors and give the gift of reading to low-income children and adults living in Maryland.
DTP received over 240 requests for services. We are currently tutoring over 280 students. DTP also trained 106 tutors and completed 12 training classes.
Indicative of the troubled economy, DTP is now tutoring more adults than ever before. Many want to ensure job security, while others are simply attempting to read their first job advertisement.
We visited and spoke with the principals of 10 Baltimore City and Baltimore County Schools over the past year. We have also completed 3 in-service workshops at public schools. To date, we have completed approximately 180 intakes for children from Baltimore City and surrounding county schools.
The Parent Support and Education Program, which educates parents on their children’s rights under the No Child Left Behind Act, has assisted 50 families with the IEP process.
In January 2010 we will expand the Saturday Morning Tutorial program (SMT) to include ten additional students per session. For students waiting to be re-matched or those who have been accepted into the program, but not yet matched with a DTP tutor the SMT provides small group tutoring and an educational activity. The second class is for children that attended summer camp in an effort to continue building the skills acquired over the summer.
DTP continues its recognition by the Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations with its Seal of Excellence. DTP is one of only 62 non-profit organizations in the State of Maryland to have received this honor.
DTP was pleased to welcome back Lester Holt, host of the NBC Weekend Today Show as one of our honorees at our Wishes, Dreams & Imagination Gala, along with Scott Wilfong, President of SunTrust Bank.
We are also proud to learn of a student who will be traveling to Ghana, Africa after winning an essay contest titled, “Why I Want to Go to Africa.” She has been a DTP student for 5 years and attended camp for 5 years.
CEO Marcy Kolodny along with emerging leader Nicole Johnson attended conferences in LA, Dallas and Charlotte as part of our Bank of America Builders Award. Marcy was also invited to participate in the inaugural New Leadership Program sponsored by the Knott Foundation, University of Baltimore and Maryland Non-Profit.
Looking Ahead to 2010
DTP celebrates its 25th Anniversary.
We are excited at the prospect of partnering with several other organizations including REACH! Partnership and Helping Up Mission.
Recognizing how busy most parents are, DTP is conducting intakes on-site at schools in order to make our services more accessible to parents.
This summer DTP will not be able to send as many children to summer camp due to the economic climate. A letter was sent to parents explaining that if there child was not invited back this year it was due to this.
We look forward to a year full of
hopes, challenges, changes and dreams.
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