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Download full textButera, Gretchen; Richason, Dan; Phillips, Ruthellen – 2000
Energy Express is an 8-week summer nutrition and literacy program in low-income West Virginia communities. Multi-age groups of eight children in grades 1-6 work with college student mentors for 3 1/2 hours each day, eating breakfast and lunch served family-style and creating print-rich environments that support their emerging literacy. The program…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
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Direct linkButera, Gretchen; McMullen, Lynn; Phillips, Ruthellen – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2000
Energy Express is a summer reading and nutrition program for disadvantaged young children in 80 rural West Virginia communities. College student/AmeriCorps mentors support childrens' literacy by creating a print-rich environment, using a place-based curriculum, and providing activities, including a community service project. Two case studies…
Descriptors: College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
