2021 Summer Program Outcomes
Did we meet our outcome goals?
1. At least 90% of our students will gain or maintain literacy skills in at least 3 out of 4 areas of literacy assessment during our summer program.
YES! 58 of 60 (97%) students either maintained their current level or showed gains in at least 3 areas of assessment.
2. At least 90% of families will report they are better able to help their children learn to read as a result of participating in East Nashville Hope Exchange.
YES! 43 out of 43 families completed an end of program survey. 40 out of 43 (93%) of families reported they are better able to help their children learn to read as a result of participating in East Nashville Hope Exchange.
3. Every student will receive at least 20 books to take home to build their home libraries and encourage continued reading.
YES! Every student took home at least one book each day of the program for a total of at least 29 books. The student with the lowest attendance still took home at least 21 books.
4. At least 70% of families will read and record in a log regularly (at least 50% of the days of the program) with their children during our summer program.
YES! 32 of 43 families (74%) of families read with their children and recorded in a log regularly (at least 50% of the days of the program) during the summer program.
Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health and economic crisis – it is also a children’s education crisis. In normal times, at-risk children in our communities do not get the support they need to learn and read. In a time like this, it is even worse. The disruption of schooling will have disparate effects across the socioeconomic ladder, leaving lasting scars and altering life courses for those already at a disadvantage.
As an organization, one of our primary goals is to ensure that our students do not fall victim to the summer slide: a time when many undeserved children fall behind their peers over the summer months due to lack of learning. The pandemic has turned into a much longer and more detrimental summer slide. Crises like the Coronavirus deepen the gap between the haves and have-nots. If we do not step in and help, the children, and families we support will suffer significantly. Our families and their children are more likely to get sick, less able to get care, and more likely to suffer economically.
The research says:
• Coronavirus exacerbates health inequalities that exist along income levels. In fact, low-income people are 10 percent more likely to live with a chronic disease. These types of conditions can make the Coronavirus up to 10 times as deadly, according to the CDC.
• The economic impact also disproportionately impacts our constituents. Analyses from the Great Recession found that the bottom 10 percent of earners saw their income decline by more than 20 percent.
This summer was our first time operating an in-person program since the start of the pandemic in 2020. We implemented many safety protocols to our daily operations to ensure that all stakeholders were as safe as possible. A copy of ENHE Covid-19 safety protocols is available.
Program Overview
This year our program served 61 students and 43 families at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church/Episcopal School of Nashville. Episcopal School of Nashville (ESN) moved to a new location in East Nashville. This location is still near many of our families. Although serving students in-person during a global pandemic was challenging, we discovered that it is possible to preserve our program culture and model during the most tumultuous of times. In fact, we added supplemental components to our curriculum to aid in better academic outcomes. Many students had not been in a school setting for over a year and it was increasingly difficult to work with students who have challenging behaviors.
View our 2021 Student Newspaper here!
1. At least 90% of our students will gain or maintain literacy skills in at least 3 out of 4 areas of literacy assessment during our summer program.
YES! 58 of 60 (97%) students either maintained their current level or showed gains in at least 3 areas of assessment.
2. At least 90% of families will report they are better able to help their children learn to read as a result of participating in East Nashville Hope Exchange.
YES! 43 out of 43 families completed an end of program survey. 40 out of 43 (93%) of families reported they are better able to help their children learn to read as a result of participating in East Nashville Hope Exchange.
3. Every student will receive at least 20 books to take home to build their home libraries and encourage continued reading.
YES! Every student took home at least one book each day of the program for a total of at least 29 books. The student with the lowest attendance still took home at least 21 books.
4. At least 70% of families will read and record in a log regularly (at least 50% of the days of the program) with their children during our summer program.
YES! 32 of 43 families (74%) of families read with their children and recorded in a log regularly (at least 50% of the days of the program) during the summer program.
Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health and economic crisis – it is also a children’s education crisis. In normal times, at-risk children in our communities do not get the support they need to learn and read. In a time like this, it is even worse. The disruption of schooling will have disparate effects across the socioeconomic ladder, leaving lasting scars and altering life courses for those already at a disadvantage.
As an organization, one of our primary goals is to ensure that our students do not fall victim to the summer slide: a time when many undeserved children fall behind their peers over the summer months due to lack of learning. The pandemic has turned into a much longer and more detrimental summer slide. Crises like the Coronavirus deepen the gap between the haves and have-nots. If we do not step in and help, the children, and families we support will suffer significantly. Our families and their children are more likely to get sick, less able to get care, and more likely to suffer economically.
The research says:
• Coronavirus exacerbates health inequalities that exist along income levels. In fact, low-income people are 10 percent more likely to live with a chronic disease. These types of conditions can make the Coronavirus up to 10 times as deadly, according to the CDC.
• The economic impact also disproportionately impacts our constituents. Analyses from the Great Recession found that the bottom 10 percent of earners saw their income decline by more than 20 percent.
This summer was our first time operating an in-person program since the start of the pandemic in 2020. We implemented many safety protocols to our daily operations to ensure that all stakeholders were as safe as possible. A copy of ENHE Covid-19 safety protocols is available.
Program Overview
This year our program served 61 students and 43 families at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church/Episcopal School of Nashville. Episcopal School of Nashville (ESN) moved to a new location in East Nashville. This location is still near many of our families. Although serving students in-person during a global pandemic was challenging, we discovered that it is possible to preserve our program culture and model during the most tumultuous of times. In fact, we added supplemental components to our curriculum to aid in better academic outcomes. Many students had not been in a school setting for over a year and it was increasingly difficult to work with students who have challenging behaviors.
View our 2021 Student Newspaper here!
| 2021 Student Newspaper |