In this case study, Katie Eichhorn, Kathy Gilbert, Myra Hall, Gretchen Lawyer, and Jill Nunez from Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, share data showing improved reading results after their first year of implementation of Sounds-Write, including a successful partnership with a local middle school to use Sounds-Write with Grade 7 students who were up to four years below grade level. [For the complete volume, "Systematic Synthetic Phonics: Case Studies from Sounds Write Practitioners," see ED619956.]