Buffalo Creek Literacy Project

06/16/2023

Have a Great Summer!

05/08/2023

You Will Be Glad You Did!!!!!

03/01/2023

Read with your child for just 15 minutes a day. It makes a difference!

02/18/2023

Since COVID, the number of kids who struggle to read has grown from about 1 in 5 to about 1 in 3. Here is a link to a podcast, which aired recently on NPR, that explains part of the problem. For parents of a struggling reader, it is well worth the 50 minutes it will take to listen to it. It is very enlightening.

Many schools teach reading using an approach that can actually make it harder for kids to learn. They're taught strategies like “look at the picture” and “think of a word that makes sense.” This episode is a partnership with American Public Media’s Sold a Story podcast.

12/08/2022

Buffalo Creek will be closed from December 20th through January 5th for the holidays. I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday.

11/16/2022

The Numbers

• Nationwide, on average, only 79% of U.S. adults are literate in 2022.
• 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022.
• 54% of adults have a literacy level below 6th grade.
• Low levels of literacy cost the US up to 2.2 trillion per year.
• On average, nationwide, 66% of 4th-grade children in the U.S. could not read proficiently in 2013.
• 85% of juvenile offenders have problems reading.
• 60% of people in American prisons can’t read.
• 75% of people on welfare can’t read.

References
1. U.S. Department of Education Data Points Adult Literacy in the United States
2. NCES Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
3. Digest of Education Statistics 2018
4. Literacy Project – 30 Key Child Literacy Stats Parents Need to Be Aware of

10/02/2022

Thank you, Emma! One day this summer, she sold lemonade and brownies all afternoon in Walnut Cove to raise money for Buffalo Creek, and she will be doing it again in the future for other local charities. Emma has a special heart, and we appreciate that the first charity that she supported was Buffalo Creek.

03/28/2022

We are proud and humbled to receive the 2022 Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Award. Thank you to the King Chamber of Commerce and Duke Energy.

11/09/2021

Inclement Weather Policy
Buffalo Creek Literacy Project

Unless notified otherwise by your tutor:

If Stokes County Schools are closed for inclement weather, Buffalo Creek will be closed as well.

If Stokes County Schools are on a delayed schedule or an early dismissal schedule, Buffalo Creek will not operate in schools. Your tutoring outside of school on those days will be cancelled if your scheduled tutoring time falls before school opens on a delay day or after students are released on an early dismissal day.

You can get information on Stokes County Schools’ delays and closings on our local news channel (WXII). We will also post our closing information on WXII.

01/25/2020

Need a book? Please stop by our Free Little Library 2707 Friendship Rd., in Germanton, NC

10/29/2019

About 1 in 5 people have it. We can help.

01/03/2019

Interesting read