Be Someone’s Hero by Helping a Child Read (South Bay)

Reading Partners connects passionate volunteers with struggling readers to help students strengthen their literacy skills, build confidence, and discover a passion for reading. You can be a mentor, a leader, and an educator with no prior experience in the classroom.

Be someone's hero.

Over the past decade, volunteers like you have helped more than 12,000 students become excellent readers using a structured, easy-to-use curriculum. Our volunteers become so much more than reading partners. By sharing their knowledge and experience, tutors become mentors, friends, and positive role models in the life of a child.

Have fun. Change a life.

Tutoring in the Reading Partners program makes a powerful impact in a child's life. Working one-on-one with a student is a fun, effective way to change someone's life—maybe your own.

What: Make a difference in the life of a child in your community by joining our team of committed reading tutors!

When: 1 hour each week can change a child's life. Most tutoring centers run from 9am - 5pm, Monday - Thursday.

Where: Become a volunteer reading tutor at any of the following schools in the South Bay!

• Horace Mann Elementary School --- 55 North Seventh St. (Downtown San Jose)
• Mt. Pleasant Elementary School --- 14275 Candler Ave (San Jose - Mt. Pleasant)
• Horace Cureton Elementary School --- 2730 East Hills Dr. (San Jose - Alum Rock)
• Kennedy Elementary School --- 1602 Lucretia Ave (South Downtown San Jose)
• Los Arboles Elementary School --- 455 Los Arboles St. (South East San Jose)
• San Miguel Elementary School --- 777 San Miguel Avenue (Sunnyvale)
• Bishop Elementary --- 450 North Sunnyvale Avenue (Sunnyvale)
• Vargas Elementary --- 1054 Carson Dr. (Sunnyvale)
• Lakewood Elementary --- 750 Lakechime Dr. (Sunnyvale)
• Lowell Elementary --- 625 South 7th St. (Downtown San Jose)
• Glassbrook Elementary --- 975 Schafer Road (South Hayward)