Menlo Park is proud to be home to the very first Reading Partners center, located at Belle Haven Elementary School on…More the corner of Ivy Drive and Chilco Street.  Situated next to the library, this Reading Partners center was launched in 1999 to help children who were struggling to read transform into confident readers and become excited about learning. Reading Partners now has 20 on-campus centers in the Bay Area, and has expanded into the high-need areas of Sacramento, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.</p> <p>Reading Partners relies on its volunteer tutors to achieve its 80 percent success rate of greatly improving students' reading capacity.  Reading Partners boasts an extremely impressive four-year run of a 100 percent teacher satisfaction rate.</p> <p>For donations, please contact Allison Cohen at 408-750-4052 or <a href="mailto:allison@readingpartners.org">allison@readingpartners.org</a> .</p>

This local volunteer organization is dedicated to the growth and improvement of the Menlo Park Public Library. It…More raises money by hosting events and fundraisers, including an annual book fair, special quarterly sales and by selling donated items in the Friends Bookstore.</p> <p>The library hosts weekly reading and story time programs for children, film discussion groups for adults and free reading clubs and programs during the summer.</p>

This small preschool is run by a group of women devoted to instilling a sense of intellectual curiosity and…More well-being in their students. Patricia Roberts founded the school in 1975 with her daughter Brenda Roberts, a kindergarten teacher. The curriculum is styled after the research of child psychologist Jean Piaget, who advocated educating children in a well-balanced way in a variety of subjects. Students engage in such educational activities as pre-reading/reading and mathematics, dramatic play and language. Teachers encourage the development of large and fine motor skills. There are regular field trips. Enrollment is open until the school reaches its capacity at 46.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>