2021 in Numbers

6 MONTHS OF PROGRESS IN 2 MONTHS OF FORA SUMMER SCHOOL, AS MEASURED BY STANDARDIZED TESTS IN OUR ELEMENTARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM

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28: APPROX. NUMBER OF FAMILY INTERVENTIONS PER MONTH

20TH TO THE 70TH PERCENTILE -- AMOUNT OUR KINDERGARTEN GROUP JUMPED ON NATIONAL STANDARDIZED TEST FOR EARLY LITERACY THIS SUMMER

30,000 HOURS OF VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING IN FY20/21

9 AFGHAN CHILDREN WHO ENTERED FORA IN FALL 2021

11,676 LBS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED TO REFUGEE FAMILIES DURING LOCKDOWN WITH PARTNERSHIP OF THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION OF VILLA PARK

4 NEW PROGRAMS

71 REFUGEE SLIFE (STUDENTS WITH LIMITED OR INTERRUPTED FORMAL EDUCATION) CURRENTLY SERVED

100+ NEW VOLUNTEERS

RECENT RESEARCH FOUND A 1%-10% HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE FOR SLIFE STUDENTS (ROSS & ZIEMKE, 2016). AT FORA, 100% OF OUR SLIFE STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.