Laveen Elementary School

Phoenix, Arizona

2025 Read Live School of the Year Runner-up

Submitted by Leah Hall, Special Education Teacher

Laveen Elementary School receives a $500 Read Naturally Gift Certificate.

In the resource room at Laveen Elementary, Special Education Teacher Leah Hall works with students who are English language learners, students with intellectual or reading disabilities, and students who are neurodivergent.  She explains that her students would often become frustrated with reading. As a result, they didn't enjoy reading in class and sometimes struggled with confidence.

Hall describes her students as “beautiful, smart, creative, and funny kids,” and her goal is to see them thrive. One of the most important steps to helping them find success is to teach them to read.

For the past five years, Hall has used Read Live to support that mission. With Read Live, she is able to provide structured phonics instruction, targeted comprehension practice, and high-interest story content. Her students are not only learning to read but also experiencing the joy of reading to learn.

Thanks to her dedicated effort, Hall’s students are now seeing themselves in a new light. One student excitedly told her, “I feel proud of myself now. I’m not just trying to follow along. I read!”

Laveen Elementary School is a model of excellence in literacy instruction and a very deserving awardee of the Read Live School of the Year scholarship.