Izabelle's parents came to Huntington Learning in Massapequa, NY in March 2011 when Izabelle was in kindergarten. They were very upset after her teacher told them that she was having extreme difficulty keeping up with her classmates. She was unable to sound out basic words, could not decode words when reading and did not recognize sight words. The teacher told them that she would most likely have to repeat kindergarten.

Izabelle started her program doing eight hours a week, focusing on building her basic phonics skills. Her parents put all their trust in us that we would help her succeed and move on to first grade with her classmates. By June, Izabelle was making great progress but was still not reading as well as her teacher wanted her to be. Although she was not retained, her teacher was concerned that she was not ready for first grade. At the beginning of the summer, Izabelle's parents again put their trust in Huntington that we would get her to read. We promised them that if she continued to work hard and progress in her program as she has been, she would be ready for first grade.

Izabelle came to the center all summer and put in so much effort that we knew she would be ready for first grade. She was even one of the top readers in our reading adventure contest. In September, during our first school visit for Izabelle, we heard amazing news. On the first day of school, the teacher administered a test to the class to rate their reading readiness and Izabelle scored the highest in the whole class. She scored 100 percent!

FROM: Izabelle