Boundless Literacy

Meet our newest adorable contender 💙https://www.gogophotocontest.com/boundlessliteracy

I just entered a calendar photo contest! Vote for me or enter your own picture to win a spot in our calendar or even a professional photo shoot! Boundless Literacy

It’s the last week to enter and vote in the Greater New Haven Literary Pets Photo Contest! 🐾📚

If you haven't seen our current contestants, definitely check them out at the link below.

Submit your pet’s photo, share your most recent great read, and help support Boundless Literacy’s work with young readers in New Haven.

Top pets will be featured in our 2027 calendar, and every entry helps make learning to read possible for more students.

Entries close June 27. Real pet photos only — but all bookish companions are welcome!

Enter or vote here: https://www.gogophotocontest.com/boundlessliteracy

End-of-year celebrations are underway, and we are so proud of our students.

These certificates celebrate growth — the skills students built, the effort they brought day after day, and the confidence they gained as readers.

Across grade levels, Boundless Literacy students made strong gains this year, including an average of more than two years of growth in Correct Letter Sounds for first graders and more than a year and a half of growth in decoding and blending on average for second and third graders.

We are so proud of our students, our teachers, and our school partners. Learning to read lasts a lifetime. 💙

Who will the next spot? 🐾📚

Two full weeks left, and there’s still plenty of room in the calendar!

We have some wonderful pets entered already, and we’d love to see who joins the lineup next. The top 12 pets will be featured in the 2027 Literary Pets Calendar, so your dog, cat, bunny, bird, or bookish companion still has a real chance to be included.

It’s just $20 to enter, and every entry and vote supports Boundless Literacy’s reading work with New Haven students.

Enter your pet today. https://www.gogophotocontest.com/boundlessliteracy

Thanks to our TOP-DOG Sponsors: Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine The Hurley Group Spring Glen Veterinary Clinic PawPrintStudio- Photography for Pets and their Peopleand to our PAW-SOME PARTNER Sponsors: Mactivity RJ Julia Booksellers Prospect Veterinary Hospital

Meet Toffy, our current Literary Pets leader! 🐾📚

Toffy likes walking around New Haven to help her people get their Fitbit steps, and she is also an expert cuddler and sleeper. She loves tummy rubs and racing out the back door, but she does not enjoy walking in heavy rain, which feels very fair.

Want to help Toffy earn the top (cover) spot in the calendar? Or maybe your pet has calendar-star potential? Click the link to vote or enter. The field is still wide open, and the contest runs through June 27.

Enter or vote here: https://www.gogophotocontest.com/boundlessliteracy

Thanks to our amazing TOP DOG SPONSORS: Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine Spring Glen Veterinary Clinic PawPrintStudio- Photography for Pets and their People The Hurley Grouphe Hurley Group and our PAW-SOME PARTNER SPONSORS: RJ Julia Booksellers Mactivity Prospect Veterinary Hospital and

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Some sweet end-of-year snapshots from today. 💙

As the school year winds down, students were still hard at work creating concept maps for sound patterns like ck, nk, and ch — connecting sounds, letters, words, and meaning in ways that are hands-on, thoughtful, and fun.

It’s a small glimpse of the kind of literacy growth that happens step by step, sound by sound, all year long. We’re so proud of our students and grateful for the teachers who make this work possible every day. ✏️📚

Henry Winkler has dyslexia, and here is his advice to his 10-year-old self. Winkler is an outspoken advocate for dyslexia awareness! www.DyslexiaConnect.com

The Literary Pets Contest is off and running — and these early entries are already bringing the bookish charm.

The field is still wide open, so now is a great time to enter your pet for a chance to be featured in the 2027 Boundless Literacy calendar.

Enter or vote today and help support young readers. https://www.gogophotocontest.com/boundlessliteracy

Thanks to our Top-Dog Sponsors: Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine Spring Glen Veterinary Clinic The Hurley Group PawPrintStudio- Photography for Pets and their People
and to our Paw-Some Partner Sponsors: Mactivity RJ Julia Booksellers and

This is why we do the work.

We recently asked teachers in our partner schools to share what they are seeing in students who receive Boundless Literacy tutoring, and their responses mean so much to us.

Students are not only improving in decoding, spelling, reading, and writing — they are building confidence. They are taking more risks, participating more fully, and beginning to see themselves as readers.

We are deeply grateful to the teachers and school partners who took the time to share these reflections. Their insight, partnership, and commitment to students help make this work stronger every day.

And we are so proud of our Boundless Literacy educators, who bring skill, care, consistency, and joy to students each day.

Learning to read changes what’s possible. 💙