Josiah
Fourth Grade—Moving EverestJosiah had incredible growth in Lexia this past year. As a second grader, he started off reading at the first-grade level—but grew to finish the year reading at the fifth-grade level!

Josiah had incredible growth in Lexia this past year. As a second grader, he started off reading at the first-grade level—but grew to finish the year reading at the fifth-grade level!
His grades have been consistently good since starting at By The Hand, with a GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0 or above. This growth is a sign that Josiah is advanced in his abilities and thrives with challenging programs like Lexia. Josiah is most proud of how much his spelling skills have improved and he’s excited to learn how to write in cursive next year. He looks forward to coming to club every day so he can see his teachers. “The best part of By The Hand are my teachers! I get to see my teachers everyday and I like them because they make every day fun—we get to play games AND learn at the same time! They help me so much.” Josiah dreams about going to space one day as an astronaut and walking on the moon.
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