
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
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.