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Literacy
Why we do thiswork:
Students who have not mastered reading by 3rd grade are 4 times more likely to drop out of high school, leading to diminished employment opportunities, poorer physical and behavioral health outcomes and lower levels of civic engagement.
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13 Number of Basics Parent Workshops
327 Number of Attendees at Basics Workshops
161 Basics Bundles Distributed
Marietta City Schools shares in a communitywide commitment to early learning and literacy. And one of our strongest partners in that work is the Cobb Collaborative. Through their promotion of The Basics and their managing of the Literacy Ambassadors program, they play an integral role in ensuring our students start school, kindergarten ready. Together, we are helping Marietta’s children learn to read to their fullest potential.
Kim Blass, Chief Impact Officer,
Marietta City Schools
Year 2 of Literacy and Justice for All means we are going deeper into the Science of Reading with our partners from Marietta City Schools. We bring the important work going on inside the classrooms into the community and invite all stakeholders to join.
Little Free Libraries
22
Little Free Libraries Installed
5,123 Books Distributed
Little Free Libraries throughout our communityKennesaw, Smyrna, Austell, Powder Springs, Marietta, Mableton.
In partnership with Cobb County Public Library and Uplift Georgia, we sponsored summer reading challenges at two apartment communities in Marietta. The children read a combined...
13,740 individual reading minutes 229 hours of community reading!
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14,160 individual reading minutes 236 hours of community reading!
The Cobb Collaborative provides a variety of networking and capacitybuilding events throughout the year.
Quarterly General Membership Meetings
& Learns
Workshops
Quarterly Networking Coffees
For our coffees, we started partnering with Rise Coffee & Tea in 2022. We not only enjoy delicious coffee but also support an organization who helps persons with different abilities find purpose and joy.
Strategy Teams
