Coming...Fall 2023!*
Literacy Academy Collective (LAC) is working with the DOE on a concept for a new K-8 public school, South Bronx Literacy Academy (SBLA). SBLA will be specifically designed to support children with language-based learning disabilities, dyslexia & reading struggles, and the co-occurring conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, and depression that often go alongside.
We will open in fall 2023* in District 7, in the South Bronx starting with two 2nd and two 3rd-grade sections.
SBLA will unlock the potential of students struggling to read by bringing culturally relevant, structured literacy to the classroom through evidence-based, direct, explicit instruction.
* SBLA will open in Fall 2023 pending approval
by the Panel for Education Policy
Unleash Your
Child's Potential!
Mission
We view reading and literacy as a Civil Right
and understand the revolutionary
transformation that occurs when a child
who struggles fnds success.
We believe in the promise of young people
with language-based learning disabilities
and reading challenges to thrive if given an
opportunity to crack the literacy code.
Vision
We believe: If given the ability to read and write, students will be empowered to crack the code, overcome seemingly insurmountable barriers to break free from the stigma of illiteracy, and go on to discover themselves as passionate, joyful, lifelong learners.
Alex, Student
East Harlem, NY
"I used to guess. I used to ask my brother or my sister, but I don’t do that anymore. When I come against a tricky suffix, I say my root word, then I look at my suffix.”
Samantha, Student
The Bronx, NY
"I like that it helped me improve my reading...now I use my strategies!”
Erika, Teacher, Pilot Program, East Harlem, NY
“ I can honestly say...I saw immediate results from working with the students. I hope that if the opportunity comes, I can get further training so that I can continue to implement the program with fidelity with the students at our school.