JSC TO PROVIDE 45 READING TUTORS TO SUPPORT GOVERNOR BUSH’S EDUCATION INITIATIVE



February 5, 1998



Mae Mangieri
Johnson Space Center, Houston
Phone: 281/483-2929



Nancy Robertson
Johnson Space Center, Houston
Phone: 281/483-0628

<h4>Release: J98-4</h4> <h3>JSC to Provide 45 Reading Tutors to 
Support Governor Bush’s Education Initiative</h3> 

NASA's Johnson Space Center is developing a comprehensive program to 
support Governor George W. Bush's focus on reading by providing 45 
JSC employees to serve in the Clear Creek Independent School District 
(CCISD) as reading tutors at Hall Elementary School.



"The Johnson Space Center has pledged to Governor Bush our strong 
support of his literacy initiative for the youth of Texas," said JSC 
Center Director George W. S. Abbey. "Tutoring the children at Hall 
Elementary School is one of several components of our support to 
enhance the reading skills of children in Texas."



Since the beginning of the 1997-98 school year, 12 JSC employees have 
provided reading and math tutoring for 14 at-risk students at Hall 
Elementary School. In January 1998, the school identified additional 
students who would greatly benefit from one-on-one reading tutoring. 
In response to the need for more tutors, JSC's Education Outreach 
Program recruited another 45 employees to serve as reading tutors.



In order to improve student performance at Hall Elementary School, JSC 
reading tutors will meet with the students on a weekly-basis during 
school hours.



The 45 JSC reading tutors will attend a Volunteer Orientation Session 
hosted by Hall Elementary School on Wednesday, February 11, 1998, 
from 10 to 11:00 a.m. Hall Elementary School is located at 5931 
Meadowside in League City, Texas.



JSC's support to reading will continue to grow in the 1998-99 school 
year with a similar reading program at CCISD's Stewart Elementary 
School in Kemah, Texas.

	
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