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Program Description: The Education Foundation, in partnership, with the School District of Indian River County (SDIRC), seeks to increase kindergarten readiness rates for 4 -year-old children by extending the school year with 29 instructional days. This proposal seeks to replicate and expand upon the pilot program that extends the school year through the end of July 2016 with priority given to homeless, migrant and low -scoring students This free summer extension program operated for 10 additional days in June and 19 additional days in July. STEP was taught by certified teachers and high -qualified paraprofessionals. 177 children benefited from the program. Collaboration: The Education Foundation of Indian River County collaborates with the School District of Indian River County to leverage our community's investment in our schools with the goal of achieving excellence for students and educators. We work together to fundraise, administer and implement programs like STEP into K to prepare 4 -year-old children to arrive at kindergarten prepared to begin their academic careers. GOALS/OUTCOMES REPORT Goal #1: 85% of all students will score at least 80% or higher on the "Get Ready to Read" screener. Outcome: 90% of students scored 85% or higher Goal #2: 85% of students will score at least 80% or higher on the Dibels Kindergarten Progress Monitoring Initial Sounds Fluency Probes. Outcome: 90% of students scored at least 80% or higher Goal #3: 85% of students will score at least 80% or higher on the "Fox in the Box" letter naming for upper and lower case letters. Outcome: 85% of students scored at least 80% or higher in lowercase recognition and 88% of students scored at least 80% or higher in uppercase letter recognition. P195