Welcome to Read to Succeed! We’re thrilled to start on this journey with you and your child! Together we'll empower them with the joy of reading and the promise of a brighter future through scholarships.
1. Investing in Success: Your child participating in Read to Succeed is an investment in their future success. It strengthens their reading skills, boosts their confidence, and sets them up for academic achievement.
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2. Creating Opportunities: Through Read to Succeed, your child gains access to new opportunities and experiences. They explore new worlds through reading, discover their passions, and build the foundation for a brighter future.
3. Empowering Growth: Read to Succeed empowers your child to grow and thrive. With the support of the program, they develop essential skills - like time management, overcoming challenges, finishing a project, and becoming confident, independent learners ready to take on the world.
Making A Difference
Summer
Learning Loss
Kids can lose up to 28% of their reading skills over summer. Read to Succeed stops this slide by keeping kids reading and learning.
Achievement Gap
Over 1,000
students have completed Read to Succeed Summer Reading Program over the years helping bridge the gap.
Scholarships
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Read to Succeed awarded $430,000 in scholarships in 2024, helping students afford college. It's a big boost for their future success.
What You Can Expect
What Parents Love
Read to Succeed provides a seamless transition from the school year to summer learning. Read to Succeed works directly with teachers familiar with the program who then coordinate with parents to provide guidance and support to their child while they read over the summer.
Multilingual Support
At Read to Succeed, we understand the importance of inclusivity and accessibility. Our program information is available in English and Spanish with additional language support provided by our partner schools.
Parents Role
Parents are essential partners in Read to Succeed. You can inspire your child to read over the summer, provide support you help your child thrive
What Success Looks Like
Success can take many forms. It could mean seeing your child develop a newfound love for reading, witnessing their academic progress, or celebrating their completion of the summer reading program. Success could also involve watching your child receive a scholarship or seeing them gain confidence in their abilities. Ultimately, success for you as a parent is knowing that your child is engaged, supported, and working on maintaining or advancing their reading skills, setting them up for a bright future.
Read to Succeed students
are attending these colleges and universities
American University
Anna Maria College
Assumption University
Belmont Abbey College
Bentley University
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Bryant University
​Bryn Mawr College
Community College of Rhode Island
Central Connecticut State University
City College of New York
Clarke University
College of the Holy Cross
Columbia College of Chicago​
Curry College
Dean College
D’Youville University
Florida Southwestern State College
Franciscan University
Franklin & Marshall College
Goucher College
Howard University
​Ithaca College
James Madison University
Johnson & Wales University
Lehigh University
Lincoln Technical Institute
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences
Michigan State University
Monroe Community College
New England Institute of Technology
North Carolina Central University
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Northeastern University
Pratt Institute
Providence College
Rhode Island College
Rhode Island School of Design
Rice University
Roger Williams University
Springfield College
​Springfield Technical Community College
Stanford University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stonehill College
Temple University
Tufts University
Troy University
University of Alabama
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Colorado, Denver
University of Hartford
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Massachusetts, Boston
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
University of Rhode Island
University of Southern California
University of Texas, Austin
University of Vermont
University of Washington, Seattle
Valenica College
Vassar College
Wellesley College
Western Governors University
Wheaton College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Xavier College
Xavier University of Louisiana
