Jason Taylor Foundation Inc

Programs: Jason taylor reading room in conjunction with each of the past ten school years, the jason taylor foundation has held classes for the jason taylor reading room. Located at the miramar youth enrichment center, the jason taylor reading room is a multi-faceted, after-school program designed to offer a holistic approach to addressing the problem of illiteracy among inner-city youth. Middle school and high school students participated in the program four days per week for two hours per day, assisted by certified teachers and focusing on reading comprehension strategies, vocabulary building, writing skills, phonics instruction, oral reading, etc. 2016 also marked the sixth year of the reading room's full-time case manager who monitors and tracks students academic performance, attendance and behavior, as well as serves as a liaison between the program, the students' schools and their parents. In an effort to provide a creative outlet, the reading room allows students to utilize critical literacy skills as a vehicle for self expression, both written and through performance, with the omari hardwick bluapple poetry corner, a spoken word poetry component held each friday. Through the jason taylor foundation's continuing partnerships with other community-based organizations, additional extra curricular activities are made available to reading room students including cooking and nutritional classes, mentoring programs, field days and more.

cool gear for the school year for the twelfth consecutive year, jason taylor held his cool gear for the school year back-to-school shopping program, which serves to help build a child's self-esteem and eliminate an unnecessary distraction, allowing the child to focus on their studies and not their attire while at school. In 2016, the jason taylor foundation hosted 60 underserved children at a local old navy store, providing each child with $300 to purchase school clothes. The children were each

bluapple poetry network & louder than a bomb the bluapple poetry network, is a multi-faceted, after-school spoken word poetry program available free to students actively attending broward county public high schools and middle schools as a result of a collaboration between the jason taylor foundation and the school board of broward county's diversity, cultural outreach and prevention department. The program provides an environment for students to focus on literacy, prevention issues and social aw

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