Vivian Hunt

Hunt's "THRILL Seekers - To Help Readers Is to Love Life" links students who struggle with reading with tutors recruited from a retirement community, the Peoria Fire Department, upper-grade students, and parents. Students receive at least two 30-minute tutoring sessions per week consisting of word study, guided writing, and reading selections matched to instructional levels and classroom curriculum. Tutors document progress with lesson plans recorded in a notebook and implement skill drills or supplemental classroom reading selections requested by teachers. Tests show that the average THRILL student gains one year's progress in one semester.