AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Valedictorians Abound

Program Name: ACT/SAT Prep Classes and Practice Tests
What: ACT and SAT prep classes and practice test are available throughout the year for high school students to prepare for college exams. We also purchase test prep books and Playaway Launchpads that allow students to prepare for these tests.
Where: This program is offered in our large meeting space for practices tests and a smaller meeting space for prep classes. The larger room allows for students to spread out among tables, while the smaller space is perfect for a presentation about tips and tricks for test taking.
When: We offer this program in the fall and spring as kids are gearing up for SAT and ACT testing and have been offering it for a few years now as kids are continually looking for opportunities like these to increase their test scores.
Who: This program is for high school students only. For a little while we had families interested in younger students participating and we didn’t have the space for extra kids, so we’ve since narrowed the focus to high school students only.
How: We’re lucky enough to have a number of tutoring centers in our community that are willing to provide sample practice classes for us, plus we’ve partnered with the Princeton Review and have offered practice tests through them as well. We make an effort to partner with different organizations each year to ensure that we’re promoting the wide variety of tutoring centers in the area.
Alternatives:

• A number of libraries offer after-school tutoring and if you do a search online, you’ll be able to find the logistics on how to offer a program like this.
• We also offer a program called Reading Buddies which is for reading practice for Kindergarten-2nd graders who are paired with a student from 5th -12th grade. They meet at the library once a week for 30 minutes to practice reading skills and comprehension.

During the month of April, I’ll be participating in the 2018 Blogging from A to Z Challenge. For this year’s theme, I’ll be offering you a library program plan with everything you to need to re-create it at your own library. Most of these programs we’ve offered in the past, others are programs I’d like to try in the future. I’m always looking for new inspiration and I thought you might be too!