“It is clear that my student truly benefited from the Shader Croft experience. He made gains as evidenced on standardized assessments and class and homework. He has become a positive leader and seems to have built self-esteem from the activities and experiences in the program.”

Classroom teacher

“All of his teachers and parents see a different kid this year. He is much more confident, from the first day of school.”

 Special educator

“This was perhaps the MOST positive experience of her life…for a student who has NOTHING in the summer this gave her meaning! Thank you.”

“Shader Croft has been a tremendous experience for my student. She has grown not only academically, but also socially and emotionally as a result of attending.”

“Shader Croft has been instrumental in serving my student as a learner in all domains: oral expression, writing and reading.”

“Ixxx has begun referring back to the text when looking for context with new vocabulary. She is much more confident in using new words in writing and in conversation.”

“His reading fluency and comprehension have greatly improved since the beginning of the summer. He demonstrates his understanding in multiple ways.”

“Bxxx has improved his ability to summarize and include important details from articles that we are reading in his social studies class.”

“Since his interest in vocabulary has improved, so have his reading comprehension skills.”

“Axxx gained two levels at the beginning of the school year in the Lexia reading program. This is an increase from where he ended the program in June. Not only did he avoid the summer slide, he was able to increase his decoding, fluency and comprehension skills.”

“Since his sense of himself as a student has grown, so has his ability to ask relevant questions about the work he is doing.”

“Bxxx is open about his challenges, and is working to advocate for help when he needs it.”

“Increase in ability to summarize instead of just copying when attempting a summary.”

“XXX struggled at the end of last year retelling any part of the story or characters. Now XXX can retell a simple story and put events in order.”

“XXX has shown a lot of improvement in writing, mastering the use of past tense and adding a lot of details to his writing.”

“At the end of last year, (ELL student) was just leaving the silent phase and responding in one- or two-word utterances. This year, XXX is speaking in complete sentences.”

Additional Comments

“XXX was able to accurately use terms like “gratitude”, “conclusion”, and “curiosity”. Her writing has shown real improvement.”

“My student seems to have really benefited from this program. She is happier, more capable and more willing to try new things. Great job!”

“When she came to our team we asked her about her Shader Croft experience and she was quite excited about it and was happy to explain her adventures/experiences in detail. She was very happy that she was able to determine her own project. That allowed me to let her parents know about some after-school programs that she might be interested in based on her interest in art.”

“I think this program is amazing and I know this student looked forward to it and loved talking about it with me once we got back into school this year. She loved it and I think it is amazing for her to have this opportunity to work this much with adults and peers on school work and the field trips.”

“She is sharing her thinking in mathematics class and acknowledges that she wants to share even more in her other classes. She is gaining confidence in her ability to share an idea.”

“Much more confident, emerging leadership skills.”

“Her attendance has improved from last year. She seems to enjoy school.”

Her weekly written reflections are more in depth! She has been writing a bit more in her reflections and is writing in complete sentences.”