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instruction provided in-person) that we will see minimal learning loss due to COVID as compared to those students who didn't receive this support. Summer MSA Recap: For our summer Moonshot Academy program, we redesigned the curriculum to be delivered virtually. We trained 23 teachers and recruited 801st - 3rd grade students from four schools. Students received 1 hour of whole group instruction via Zoom (1:4 teacher student ratio) in the morning, followed by 45 minutes of 1:1 intensive tutoring. Twice a week, students had the option of attending 1 hour of enrichment provided by our community partners, Ballet Vero Beach, ORCA, and VBMA. Although we served less students the data is very strong, indicating that MSA closed reading gaps. The summer session began on June 8th and ran for 4 weeks until July 3rd. Some of the unintended consequences of moving to virtual delivery was increased parent engagement and communication, increased teacher confidence and ability to deliver online instruction, and improved TLA's ability to serve students in a virtual environment which will likely be important going forward. Moonshot Academy Virtual Summer 2020 delivered 1,367 hours of instruction in 4 weeks. Goal 1: Increase reading proficiency in students that are currently in the lower 50th percentile. Results: • Phonemic Awareness skills in 1st graders served grew up to 146% • Phonics Skills in 1st grade increased up to 385% • Phonics Skills in 2nd grade increased up to 76% • Vocabulary pre and post assessments for 2nd and 3rd grade grew 55% and 46% respectively • Oral Reading Fluency for 2nd and 3rd grade improved by twice as much as expected in 4 weeks. Parent Feedback: • 95% of parents said they would send their child again • 90% said their child's reading improved 1 wish I could answer YES a hundred times for each of those questions! Our family is beyond blessed for the opportunity to participate in Moonshot! 1 can't thank Ms. Singewald, Ms. Craner, Ms. Kachele, Ms. Carter, & Ms. Rachel enough for all the amazing things they have taught my children these past few weeks. They have been so patient and kind. What an incredible memory and life long experience they will have to remember. - Parent Comment Fall Moonshot Academy Update: In collaboration with the school district of Indian River County, Moonshot Academy afterschool began on September 29th on 5 campuses plus online. In an effort to reach more students and begin to scale the program, we have integrated our Moonshot Academy program with the district's Extended Day Program (EDP). Thus far, we have recruited 31 teachers to deliver Moonshot Academy on campus and online. Much like our summer MSA format, students will receive 90 minutes a week of intensive 1:1-2 tutoring to remediate reading deficits and 90 minutes a week of enriched literacy lessons in Moonshot Storytime Workshops. We are currently planning to serve 180 students, but this number will likely increase as we literally just launched the newly designed program. We plan to add 3 campuses in the Spring of 2021. This collaboration with the district's EDP is exciting and will enable us to ultimately serve more students with Moonshot Academy while improving the quality of the district's EDP. 155