OpenDoors Asheville Builds Readers
and Leaders With Peer-to-Peer Literacy and Tutoring Program, AVL Rise.
What is AVL Rise?
The program recruits, trains, and hires high school students at a living wage to serve as tutors for a matched number of struggling early elementary readers.
Tutors train twice weekly and then meet with younger students twice weekly at partnering elementary schools, resulting in improved literacy outcomes for both tutors and students.
Tutors gain leadership skills, improve financial literacy, build mentor relationships, and grow their resumes.
Tutors also have the chance to participate in creative projects with yoga, music, and more!
Program Directors are recruiting more tutors!
Students and parents interested in AVL Rise should contact
AVL Rise Director, Kishaun Green, for more information.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: Click here to fill out an online application to be a tutor.
Three young people standing in a row, holding plates with slices of pizza, at a social gathering. The background features a colorful mosaic mural and a table with stacked pizza boxes.
Group of five children standing outdoors in front of a school, smiling, with green trees and grass in the background.
Group of children and two women at a gathering, some holding paper plates with pizza, outdoors on a cloudy day with trees and houses in the background.
A woman and three girls outdoors, one girl hugs another, another girl holds a plate of pizza, and the woman makes a peace sign, all smiling or serious, with greenery, parked cars, and bunting in the background.
Children participating in a sack race outdoors near a building with a blue mural of a wheelchair user and a person holding a ball.
A group of smiling children and two adults at an outdoor event, with a table of pizza boxes and party decorations in the background.
A group of children and teenagers gathered outdoors at a community event, with some eating pizza and others talking or waiting. There are colorful triangular banners hanging overhead, and in the background, trees, parked cars, and people seated at tables.
Young man smiling and standing in a sack race, outdoors on grass, during a community event with a building and other people in the background.
Two girls working together at a wooden table in a classroom, reviewing a workbook with colorful text, pencils, and markers, with a whiteboard and storage bins in the background.
A young boy sits at a table, looking attentively at a woman standing in front of him. The woman is wearing a black t-shirt, layered necklaces, and a colorful cap with the New York Yankees logo. The table has open binders and papers, and the background shows a classroom setting with cardboard boxes and a yellow bulletin board.
A woman and a young girl are sitting at a table, reviewing a binder and school materials, with a book titled 'Read and Learn' visible on the table.
Group of children and young adults standing together in a classroom, engaging in a group activity, with a whiteboard and bookshelves in the background.
Two young girls are standing indoors, reading illustrated books about bears. One girl wears a purple hoodie and pink pants, and the other wears a gray hoodie and khaki shorts.
A young boy wearing a white shirt and face mask stands against a wall, listening to an older boy reading a book in a school hallway with posters and bulletin boards.
Two young women playing on a park swing set; one standing on a swing and smiling, the other sitting on a yellow swing, in a park with trees, a mural on a building, and children and adults in the background.
Two kids are hanging from a green circular playground structure on a sunny day. They are playing on a playground with a grassy and dirt surface in front of a school building with blue murals on the wall.
Group of children and adults at a playground on a sunny day with trees and houses in the background.
Two young girls are sitting at a table with workbooks and coloring supplies, drawing and coloring pictures on their assignments in a classroom setting.
Two young boys are working together on a graph in a notebook, with one writing and the other observing. They are seated at a wooden table with folders and a blue tissue box nearby.
Young student with natural hair styling in two puffs, drawing with a black marker on a white notebook at a wooden desk with colored markers and pencils in containers.
Check out AVL Rise’s 2022 Music Video,
Every Day We Rise
by 3 Kings
OpenDoors’ AVL Rise and Arts Director David Kennedy worked with high school senior Khalid Jean and local music producer Nex Millen to create this song and music video as the 3 Kings. It was recorded at Citizen Vinyl, and was filmed by BClip Productions.