BOOKWORMS
Missing your school days or have a love for reading? Enjoy the energy, curiosity and spirit of children? Give one hour a month (or as often as possible) and volunteer with JVC’s Bookworms program. Choose one or more of JVC’s Bookworms programs below, located in various Baltimore City and County public schools! It’s low commitment and high impact.
Share your love of reading with young, eager learners one hour a month. Bookworms is a once-a-month program that engages volunteers in reading to elementary school students to enhance their love for reading.
Bring a new or gently-used book to read and donate to the classroom to be read by others. Volunteers are welcome to participate as often as they are available at as many schools as you wish. Currently, the Bookworms program is in several elementary schools on the following dates and times:
2023-2024 Bookworms Schedules are Being Finalized. Please Keep Checking Back for Updates.
Milbrook Elementary School
4300 Crest Heights Road, 21215
9:30-10:15 a.m.
Reading to 2nd grade students
2023-2024 Dates
- October 4, 2023, 9:30-10:30am
- November 1, 2023, 9:30-10:30am
- December 6, 2023, 9:30-10:30am
- January 10, 2024, 9:30-10:30am
- February 7, 2024, 9:30-10:30am
- March 6, 2024, 9:30-10:30am
- April 3, 2024, 9:30-10:30am
- May 1, 2024, 9:30-10:30am
- June 5, 2024, 9:30-10:30am
*Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) requires volunteers to complete a brief volunteer training that can be done online at http://www.bcps.org/community/volunteer_info/. Volunteers must bring a certificate and verification to the school at your first visit before you can volunteer.
Timber Grove Elementary School *Volunteers are urgently needed.
701 Academy Avenue, Owings Mills, 21117
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Reading to 2nd grade students
2023-2024 Dates
- October 18, 2023, at 9:00am (kindergarten and 1st grade) and 9:30am (2nd grade)
- November 8, 2023, at 9:00am (kindergarten and 1st grade) and 9:30am (2nd grade)
- December 20, 2023, at 9:00am (kindergarten and 1st grade) and 9:30am (2nd grade)
- January 17, 2024, at 9:00am (kindergarten and 1st grade) and 9:30am (2nd grade)
- February 21, 2024, at 9:00am (kindergarten and 1st grade) and 9:30am (2nd grade)
- March 20, 2024, at 9:00am (kindergarten and 1st grade) and 9:30am (2nd grade)
- April 17, 2024, at 9:00am (kindergarten and 1st grade) and 9:30am (2nd grade)
- May 15, 2024, at 9:00am (kindergarten and 1st grade) and 9:30am (2nd grade)
- June 5, 2024, at 9:00am (kindergarten and 1st grade) and 9:30am (2nd grade)
*Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) requires volunteers to complete a brief volunteer training that can be done online at http://www.bcps.org/community/volunteer_info/. Volunteers must bring a certificate and verification to the school at your first visit before you can volunteer.
Want to volunteer for one of the above Bookworms programs? Click Here.
Additional Bookworms programs hosted with JVC’s Community Partners:
- Dorothy I. Height Elementary – run by Beth Am Congregation in partnership with JVC
- Church Lane Elementary – run by the Covenant Guild in partnership with JVC
Want to start a Bookworms program at another Title 1 school? We welcome the opportunity to explore and help establish new partnerships between schools and volunteers.
For more information about any of the Bookworms school programs, contact Erica Bloom, ebloom@asssociated.org.
TUTORING
Tutor in math, writing or reading
Help a K-5 student get ahead by spending your time tutoring in the subjects of math, reading or writing at either Bedford, Cross Country, Fallstaff, or Milbrook Elementary Schools. Your time will be rewarding and well-spent working with either individual or groups of students in their classroom. We will match your subject interest, preferred grade level and schedule with the needs at the school.
Want to volunteer? Fill out this Interest Form. For more information, contact Erica Bloom, ebloom@associated.org.
Tutor with R
eading Partners
Enjoy the one-to-one experience of helping a child improve their reading skills? Let us match you with a student at one of over 15 Baltimore City schools for a rewarding read. Reading Partners, a national program which partners with schools and uses a set curriculum, relies on volunteers to work one-on-one with students to help improve their literacy and succeed in school. No teaching experience is necessary and on-site training will be provided for this volunteer opportunity. Your commitment can be once or twice a week and you will work with the same student each week, allowing you to see the progress and growth of the student over the course of the school year.
Want to volunteer? Fill out this Interest Form. For more information, contact Erica Bloom, ebloom@associated.org.
The Macks Center for Jewish Connections supports Jewish journeys for Baltimoreans through Jewish living, learning, and service. By combining the work of Jewish Volunteer Connection (JVC) with the family engagement and inclusion agendas of the Macks Center for Jewish Education, we are creating experiences to help all people across our community build meaningful connections to Jewish life.
