Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO GET EVERY AT-RISK CHILD READING AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL WITHIN THE FIRST YEARS OF SCHOOL, THROUGH THE POWER OF DISCIPLINE OF THE ARTS.
BENCHMARKS IS A WORLD-CLASS READING PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN. THIS PROGRAM USES ARTS-BASED ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PHYSICAL, KINESTHETIC AND IMAGINATIVE TO ADDRESS KEY READING SKILLS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, 4,400 PRE-KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTEN, AND 1ST GRADE STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM. IN 2019, 4,175 PRE-KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTEN AND 1ST GRADE STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM. BENCHMARKS INCLUDES THE EXTRA DOSAGE COMPONENT, WHICH PROVIDES WELL-TRAINED EXTRA DOSAGE INSTRUCTORS IN FIRST GRADE CLASSROOMS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, AT THE SAME TIME THE TEACHER IS DOING SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION IN THE SAME ROOM.
SPANISH IS THE SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION OF BENCHMARKS AND IS AN ADAPTATION DESIGNED TO BE USED IN BILINGUAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTEN, AND 1ST GRADE CLASSROOMS IN WHICH READING IS TAUGHT IN SPANISH. THIS PROGRAM USES MUSIC AND DRAMA-BASED ACTIVITIES TO ADDRESS KEY READING AND PREREADING SKILLS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, 1,025 PRE-KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTEN, AND 1ST GRADE STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM. IN 2019, 1,025 PRE-KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTEN AND 1ST GRADE STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM. THE SPANISH ADAPTATION ACCOUNTS FOR THE PARTICULARS OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND ITS ORTHOGRAPHY, SUCH AS AN EMPHASIS ON SYLLABIC SEGMENTATION AND AN EARLIER PUSH FOR ENCODING AND DECODING SKILLS.
THE NATIONAL EXPANSION PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON BRINGING RIM'S BEST IN CLASS BENCHMARKS PROGRAM (IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH) TO OTHER MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS OF AT-RISK STUDENTS. WITHIN EACH CITY, RIM WILL PURSUE A STAGED EXPANSION STRATEGY, BEGINNING WITH KINDERGARTEN AND THEN ADDING NEW GRADES AND ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS ANNUALLY, ALLOWING FOR SIMPLER, MORE EFFECTIVE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2017, RIM SECURED AGREEMENTS WITH SCHOOLS IN LAS VEGAS UNDER THE NATIONAL EXPANSION PROGRAM. 1,275 AND 1,200 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE BENCHMARKS PROGRAM DURING THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2020 AND 2019, RESPECTIVELY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Karl Androes | PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECT | 40 | $105,488 |
| Kristen Walter | SECRETARY | 40 | $87,246 |
| Christina Jensen | TREASURER | 40 | $82,536 |
| Elizabeth Johnston | VICE PRESIDENT | 40 | $60,626 |
| Amber Ray | DIRECTOR-PAST | 1 | $0 |
| Jeremy Sutton | DIRECTOR-PAST | 1 | $0 |
| Katie Baker | DIRECTOR (NEW) | 1 | $0 |
| Ross Baker | DIRECTOR (NEW) | 1 | $0 |
| Renae Chorzempa | DIRECTOR (NEW) | 1 | $0 |
| Adriana Sanandres | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Aaron Sanandres | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sherry Wolfe | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Mitchell | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tanya Burnell | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Christopher Chubb | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Mckeown | DIRECTOR/PAST BOARD CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Salvador Carranza | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Sherri Hlavacek | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Bruce Phillip Jones | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Fraggos | BOARD CHAIR (NEW) | 1 | $0 |
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