Arnerich Massena Partnership
Irvington School is fortunate to have a partnership with Arnerich Massena & Associates, a local business. Arnerich Massena’s dedicated employees provide over 1000 hours volunteer time at Irvington School each year to help our students succeed academically and build positive self-images. Thanks to their generous funding, all Arnerich Massena programs are free to Irvington students.
Before-school Reading Club (5 days a week)
This program is geared to children in 1st through 4th grades who are not reading at grade level. Emphasis is on sentence fluency, vocabulary building and comprehension. Arnerich Massena currently has 25 trained employees coming to Irvington this year to work one-on-one with children in this program.
Before-school Math Club (5 days a week)
This program is geared to children in 3rd through 5th grades. The focus of this program is to provide students who are not at benchmark for math to get extra practice. 10 trained Arnerich Massena employees work one-on-one or in small groups to help reinforce basic math and problem-solving strategies.
Literacy Support Program (4 days a week)
Irvington School staff supervises this program. Arnerich Massena provides funding/staffing of two trained professionals. These two trained employees administer direct literacy services to small groups of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders who do not currently meet state’s benchmark for reading and writing. This support is 20 hours per week.
Homework Club (Each Tuesday)
This program is geared to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. The focus is to provide students the support they need in order to understand and complete their classroom homework assignments. This program is staffed by 4 Arnerich Massena employees and 3 high school helpers.
Girls’ Club
This program is geared to 4th and 5th grade girls. The focus is to provide mentoring to girls. Through art, drama, cooking/nutrition, and various community activities we hope to help girls become more empowered and motivated in school. We hope to promote independent thinking young women with higher self-esteem and self-worth.
Math & Science Club (Each Thursday)
This program is geared to 4th and 5th graders. Through various experiments, activities and field trips centered on math and science, we hope to elevate knowledge, comprehension, and motivation in these areas.
Math & Science Summer Camp (2 weeks each summer)
Each summer 4th – 6th grade students come together for this fun, all day camp that centers all science and math activities around one theme, such as volcanoes. Arnerich Massena employs 5 teachers to staff this program each summer. Each summer this camp averages 45 students.
Summer Journalism Program (5 weeks each summer)
This is an intensive course primarily focused on reading comprehension and creative writing. Students receive intensive instruction to help fine-tune important skills in all areas of writing. These areas are expository, persuasive, narrative and imaginative. The end result is a beautiful newspaper, which showcases the children’s work. Each summer this camp averages 15 students.
For additional information, please contact Kate DeGraw, Director of Community Service for Arnerich Massena & Associates, 503-239-0475.
Irvington school volunteers make it happen!
PTA coordinates parent involvement at school but you are in charge of what you’d like to do. Not all families look the same and not all volunteer roles are the same and both can change from year to year. If you had 10 hours to share with our school this year, what would you like to do? Together many hands make light work and our community grows. Best of all your child will see you actively involved in his/her future.
