Ravenswood Classroom Partners
  • About Us
    • Our History
    • Mission, Vision & Values
    • Impact
    • Leadership Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Supporters
    • Volunteer Stories
    • News
  • Programs
    • Literacy Tutoring
    • Hands-On Science
    • Mentoring Book Club
  • Get Involved
  • Donate
  • Contact

Our History

Founders All Students Matter

ASM started because of three caring individuals

Inspired to help students in East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, three local mothers, Ann Carter, Sharon Purcell and Carol Chalmers, founded an organization in 2008 and decided to call it "All Students Matter" to reflect their belief that every student deserves a quality education no matter what neighborhood they live in.

​With a small group of friends they started volunteering in several classrooms at Belle Haven elementary school.

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Volunteers make our community stronger

We have increased our presence in the Ravenswood district every year since our inception and currently have almost 200 trained tutors. Our volunteers tutor for an average of 3 years, often supporting the same teacher.

Over the years, the addition and expansion of an all-volunteer leadership team enabled us to sustain the growth and continue to add high quality programming. 

Volunteer with Ravenswood students

Executive Director
​history

Carolyn Blatman joined the founders volunteering in the classroom and quickly became the organization’s first Executive Director with a vision to improve the program and expand its reach in Ravenswood. She served for 10 years.

​Angie Holman has been our Executive Director since 2019.

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Always meeting district priorities

Our approach is to align with the district's priorities and curriculum. Our program has always had an emphasis on building students' literacy skills and we modify it as needed to go beyond in-classroom tutoring:
  • Structured 5-day/week literacy intervention
  • Mentoring book club for 5th graders
  • Online tutoring during the summer 2019 after schools closed due to covid
  • Online tutoring both in Zoom classrooms and during non-class times while students did remote learning from home 2019-20
  • Hands-on science support in the classroom (new 2021)

 A new name,
​the same mission

In the fall of 2021, we became Ravenswood Classroom Partners.

Our new name reflects what we do best -- partnering with Ravenswood teachers in the classroom for student success.
About Us
  • Our History
  • Mission, Vision & Values
  • Impact
  • Leadership Team
  • Board of Directors
  • Supporters
  • Volunteer Stories
  • News
Programs
  • Literacy Tutoring
  • Hands-On Science
  • Mentoring Book Club
Get Involved
  • Volunteer
  • Donate
  • Contact

PO Box 384, Menlo Park, CA 94026.
Ravenswood Classroom Partners is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Donations are tax deductible. EIN 47-1582614

  • About Us
    • Our History
    • Mission, Vision & Values
    • Impact
    • Leadership Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Supporters
    • Volunteer Stories
    • News
  • Programs
    • Literacy Tutoring
    • Hands-On Science
    • Mentoring Book Club
  • Get Involved
  • Donate
  • Contact