Backpack Buddies

Second Harvest Food Bank provides highest-need students with sustainable meals for the weekend through the Backpack Buddies weekly food service.

Make Your M.A.R.K.™

Make Your M.A.R.K.™ is an incentive-based after-school program, developed by the Boys & Girls Club of Allentown, to support reading and math learning throughout the entire school year. Imagination-Station is an interactive computer-based program that helps students learn essential reading skills through animated characters from fictional stories in the curriculum.

Breakfast Buddies

Breakfast Buddies, provided in partnership with Air Products, provides weekly mentoring programs to support at-risk youth through social-emotional learning.

Miles of Smiles Dental Van

Through partnerships with Lehigh Valley Health Network and Sacred Heart Hospital, we provide health and dental services through an on-site mobile health center, Miles of Smiles dental van.

Adult Education Programs

Through a partnership with The Literacy Center of the Lehigh Valley, we provide adult education programs, including English classes, to families of students.

Financial Education Classes

Through a partnership with KNBT, we provide financial education classes for families of students

PBS 39 Lehigh Valley

Through a partnership with PBS39 Lehigh Valley, we provide the Raising Readers literacy program for families and students.

Book Blast!

A year-long series of school-wide evening programs designed to foster a love for reading at home by equipping parents and children with practical reading strategies. Children also learn about different values that help people to become honorable and compassionate citizens of their communities. The events are supported by more than 30 community volunteers every month and attended by an average of more than 200 children and parents.

America Reads Tutoring Program

Through a partnership with Muhlenberg College, America Reads Tutoring Program provides individuals and small groups with guidance in reading and writing, as well as future educational and career opportunities.

According to one teacher, “My students benefited by having individual help from the college students on concepts that they were struggling to comprehend. The college students read aloud and modeled good reading behaviors, circulated during lessons to keep students engaged, and monitored independent stations. This allowed me to maximize my instruction. As a result, our classroom’s learning has increased.”

Fit Family Healthy Cooking Series

This program was offered for the first time in response to parent requests for school-sponsored health and nutrition resources. A total of 16 families participated in the Saturday series offered by Sodexo’s Executive Chefs at Muhlenberg College. Families learned about the social and environmental implications of our nation’s food industry, were exposed to simple-to-prepare health foods and were taught how to make nutritional, socially conscious and budget-friendly grocery choices. Families also learned how to maximize nutrition and value. To help bolster the partnership with Roosevelt and connect with more families, the chefs also attended the Cumberland Gardens Community Fair to teach parents and children how to create delicious “Superman PB&J” sandwiches with their favorite fruits and vegetables.