On Tuesday, Nov. 19, author Greg Neri visited with all of Belmont’s middle school students. All students had read Neri’s award-winning graphic novel, Yummy, in preparation for the author’s visit with their ELA classes. Mr. Neri, who visited Passages’ Bridges site before Yummy’s publication, presented a talk about the graphic novel. After his […]

Literacy for Incarcerated Teens sponsored the Papertoy Monsters Program at Passages Academy Oct. 30 through Nov. 8. Students learned about reading and following written instructions, and then watched a short video on how to assemble a Papertoy Monster of their own. Most students elected to gift their Papertoy Monsters to their […]

In partnership with the New York Juvenile Justice Initiative, a coalition of philanthropic organizations supporting youth justice reform in New York, Literacy for Incarcerated Teens has made book donations to New York’s new Close to Home facilities, which are small, community-based facilities that have been created in order to […]