Carl Anderson, Path2Math tutor
By Eric Steckel
May 17, 2023
“I think helping students in school is very important because you’re giving them practical skills they’re going to need to succeed in middle school, high school, and beyond.”
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Suzanne Bourque, Succeeding by Reading tutor
By Eric Steckel
May 17, 2023
“Joaquin loves to read. The challenge has been keeping him within the limits of what he knows and gradually advancing to bigger and better words because he wants to keep going and read, read, read.”
Iyana Amayani, Succeeding by Reading tutor
By Eric Steckel
May 17, 2023
“Because I don’t have my own children, I want to help leave something behind, doing some good for all the children. So they’re all my children!”
Audrey Amos, Path2Math tutor
By Eric Steckel
May 17, 2023
“Having a tutor that can sit down and spend that 45 minutes to an hour one-on-one with a student, is immeasurable. It can just change a child’s life.”
Lashanna Murphy, FamilyBridge and Path2Math Mother
By Eric Steckel
March 10, 2023
“It’s motivation. If you feel like, ‘He’s not getting it,’ and you start doubting yourself, that’s where FamilyBridge comes in. I had other children struggle in school, and I said, ‘I wish I had known about FamilyBridge a long time ago.”
Reto Peter, Path2Math tutor
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“What I love about Children Rising is their dedication to help the kids. No stone is left unturned to get the kids to show up for tutoring, or to give them the extra support they need. Their program is well-rounded, organized, and very effective.”
Jeff McClain, Path2Math tutor
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“I earnestly believe that all the programs provide support that is essential to helping these children break free from poverty and violence, and can make a substantial difference in their lives.”
Jan Zovickian, Succeeding by Reading tutor
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“I think kids in economic need and in schools struggling to work with young people impacted by poverty and lack of resources can use a helping hand. Children Rising Can make a difference and that’s why I support it with my dollars and my time. Plus I think Rebecca Buckley is amazing and I enjoy her brilliance and far-sightedness. To be able to take the Succeeding by Reading program and transform it into an online learning tool for students and their tutors is truly remarkable. Brava!”
Mark and Joanne Perra
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“Randy Roth took a personal interest in us and helped us find new ways to use our gifts to the greatest effect among Oakland’s children. The orientations and introductions that Children Rising provided were invaluable.
Randy Roth deeply understood the biblical characteristics for effectively helping children flourish. He demonstrated and taught us to extend God’s love with cultural humility and by showing up for the kids, taking a personal interest in their success, not limiting their potential, and by believing in them. Randy viewed Oakland kids not through the lens of “at risk,” but through the lens of “at-promise” and taught us to “hold a crown over the kids’ heads” for them to rise up to wear.
It is because of this wonderful alignment with our personal mission — and because we have personally observed Children Rising’s effective, scalable and enduring impact on the children of Oakland — that we have joined the Children Rising Legacy Circle by making a planned gift.”
Janae Orr, Parent of Succeeding by Reading Student
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“The one-on-one relationship and resources at home are significant for parents like me. Jamari loves the different books and hands-on tools and usually uses the POWER Pack on the weekend. This is good for Jamari. He’s more engaged in the classroom and more self-confident. He’s still a little behind, but he’s getting there.”
Tabetha Young, Parent of Path2Math and Succeeding by Reading student
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“Nyjah looks forward to tutoring. To get home from school at the end of the day and want to join a tutoring session, and to be enthused, is amazing. He and Mr. Robert established a relationship. There’s comfort. Nyjah feels OK saying, ‘I don’t know that.’ He’s also more focused and getting his work done correctly. He is reading more. In math, he’s applying what he’s learned in tutoring. That’s where the progress is.”
Dr. Don Ashburn, Associate Pastor at Piedmont Community Church
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“It’s been a rich partnership. I’ve been very happy to have parishioners out of the blue tell me, ‘I’m going to go tutor with Children Rising,’”
Eric Hawley, Assistant Director of Programs at We Raise Foundation
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“It aligns so well with our giving priorities. Children Rising is so clearly focused on serving the students and doing everything in its power to remove obstacles to do this. Your commitment to students is tremendous.“
Erica Macklin, Community School Manager at Sankofa United Elementary School
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“We identified a need—the kids needed additional math support. Children Rising just came in like a flood and were able to support our students who are struggling with math. Kids are excited to come into the tutoring, kids are talking to their parents, they’re talking to each other, and they’re talking to staff about how much they love being int that environment and how much they’re learning. It has made a huge impact. It has changed some of the kids’ trepidations about math and about needing support with math, and you’ve made it fun. I cannot stop singing your praises.”
Roma Groves-Waters, Principal at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School
By Eric Steckel
July 1, 2022
“Children Rising has been a clear, consistent, constant partner with the school, helping children and families. Children Rising has trained their folks to come in and help kids realize that they have hope and that they can believe in themselves. Children look forward to working with their tutor, meeting with their tutor, and looking forward to the inspirational messages that the tutors have for them. They really help the families with their child’s learning. So we’re very thankful for the partnership and we’re grateful because we know that the lives of the children have changed.”
Paul Rathkamp, Path2Math tutor
By Steve Post
February 12, 2021
“I really like this one-on-one tutoring. It gives us an opportunity to really focus on each child, and tailor make each child’s learning experience. You sit down and you learn what they already know and where their weaknesses are. And then, using the curriculum that is provided by Path2Math, we will then identify the next two or three areas for trying to fill in the gaps where, perhaps, they might be falling back a little bit compared to their peers. It’s really fun when you see that you’ve introduced a new concept to a child and then suddenly you see something catch and they get it, and the pride and the happiness that comes over their face is just … it’s extraordinary. It’s what this is all about.”
Lynn Nelson, Path2Math tutor
By Steve Post
February 12, 2021
“When you have confidence about something you’re doing, you want to do it and you want to do it better, and you want to do it more often. It’s really fun to see that she (Jennifer, her 2nd-grade sudent) began to enjoy it. I loved to see the progress and the growth, but I really felt at the end of the year that there was so much more if I just had more time.”
Ann Rosenberg, Succeeding by Reading tutor
By Steve Post
February 12, 2021
“I love kids, I love tutoring. I find that’s one of the best ways to build self-esteem, is when kids feel that they’re able to learn and feel good about themselves, more than almost any therapy in the world, is helping them realize that they can learn. So I love that. I’ve always loved it. It’s a highlight of my week.”
Ms. Cheryl Edwards, grandmother of a Path2Math student
By Steve Post
February 12, 2021
“I was just happy for any resources that would help Nakoa because I don’t want him to fall behind. I was just so impressed that Children Rising followed up this Summer (during COVID-19). I’d love to get Nakoa additional resources, but I’m so thankful.”
Wendi Caporicci, Former Principal, Emerson Elementary School
By Children Rising
February 1, 2017
“We continue to move forward academically since we have worked together. I don’t think this would have been possible without our partnership. You provided many of our students with inspiration and consistency. You are our extended family. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”
Dennis Burke, Path2Math tutor
By Children Rising
October 26, 2016
“We’ve been given these gifts, time, talent and resources, and there just seemed to be an opportunity to reach out and have an impact on elementary school students, helping them grow confidence in their math and reading skills, and making a good connection with them. We’ve been blessed.”
Jonae Scott
By Chelsea Boniak
March 15, 2016
“Career bridge inspired me to work towards a career that I’ll enjoy. This program equipped me with a variety of skills that will set me apart from other candidates in my field.”
Robert Field – Succeeding by Reading Tutor
By Chelsea Boniak
March 8, 2016
“The training and experience of the Children Rising team is very important to success. Their ongoing evaluation of the students, and suggestions for dealing with particular student needs, greatly enhance the ability of the tutor to stimulate progress by the student.”
Linda Hawkins, Succeeding by Reading tutor
By Children Rising
February 10, 2016
“Children Rising cares so much about these kids that it invests the time and effort to train the tutors and provide us with tools to do a good job”
Deborah VanMeter
By Children Rising
February 1, 2016
“Your personal one-on-one tutoring of students not only helps them academically, but boosts their confidence and inspires them to learn. Children Rising volunteers are our ‘angels.’ You really do care!”