Meet Mya This earnest-looking young lady with the big, soulful eyes is Mya. We met her back in 2020. She attends a local parochial school, but she is persistently behind her peers academically. Her mom found RITES, learned that we have a financial assistance program, and applied. In 2020, we were able to take Mya off the waitlist and offer her one-to-one tutoring with multisensory, systematic … [Read more...]
You Can Fight Illiteracy in Rhode Island
Read about a student's literacy journey. A. is a young adult, who recognized it’s never too late to claim his right to literacy. It took a lot for him to gather the courage to leave the house and begin tutoring with RITES teacher, Deborah Phillips (pictured here, working on their Wilson reading and spelling lesson). While he receives some financial assistance from RITES, that money will run … [Read more...]
Give Yourself a Gift This Year…Before the Tax Law Changes!
New Tax Law Changes Could Impact Your Giving Plan "With the tax law changes, it will be beneficial to donate now at the end of this year, rather than next year, due to the possible new tax deduction law coming in 2018." - RITES Accountant You may have heard that President Trump's and the Republican party's new tax bill will affect us in different ways. At least one of those changes could … [Read more...]