Kathleen Ragan

I have been intentional in choosing the places I work. I choose places where it's not only my work but it's my passion. It's a true honor to work alongside staff and AmeriCorps members that support and serve Manchester students to be their very best version of themselves. It's a passion and desire of mine to know that we work towards striving for a more equal place and education for all. Literacy is extremely powerful. It can transport us to different places, times, and even planets. It allows us to read people's stories, meet new characters and learn from one another. It is my honor to be participating in CY Reads. Please help in supporting me to provide a resource for AmeriCorps members to use with their students and to ensure that City Year New Hampshire can continue the work they do every day in the classroom. 

CY Reads is an initiative to meaningfully engage students during the pandemic when they are really struggling with disengagement. City Year New Hampshire will bring together enriching content through selected books, diverse readers and exciting presentations, and multi-lingual recordings to help promote student engagement. The CY Reads experience creates a space where students can connect and find belonging alongside their peers, hear and read stories representative of their backgrounds, and grow in literacy skills.  This virtual library of read-aloud videos for grades 3 to 6 will be used in extended learning time to enhance student connection to learning. The read-aloud videos will be facilitated by City Year AmeriCorps members who already have existing relationships and have been supporting student engagement and learning since the beginning of the school year.