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88% of people who don’t graduate from high school were struggling readers in the third grade. Both nationwide and in North Carolina, only 32% of fourth graders were proficient in reading. Students who are identified as poor readers by the … Continue reading →

Since COVID, the number of kids who are stuggling to read has grown from about 1 in 5 to about 1 in 3. Here is a link to a podcast, which recently aired on NPR, that explains part of the … Continue reading →

• Nationwide, on average, only 79% of U.S. adults are literate in 2022. • 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022. • 54% of adults have a literacy level below 6th grade. • Low levels of literacy … Continue reading →

We are proud and humbled to receive the 2022 Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Award. Thank you to the King Chamber of Commerce and Duke Energy.

Unless notified otherwise by your tutor: If Stokes County Schools are closed for inclement weather, Buffalo Creek will be closed as well. If Stokes County Schools are on a delayed schedule or an early dismissal schedule, Buffalo Creek will not … Continue reading →

I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for your time, your dedication, your skills and your belief in the importance of teaching students to read.  The impact of the love and the kindness you show each time … Continue reading →

From a student who has completed our program: “I want to thank Buffalo Creek.  It has been great for me.  I was sent through school just to get by and nobody cared. So at 57 and hard of hearing, Jeff … Continue reading →

We have more students than ever before, both children and adults, and are in need of volunteer tutors.  Learning to tutor has never been easier.  With almost all of our new students, we are using the Reading Horizons software.  All you … Continue reading →