ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a pilot literacy project, from a northeastern city of the United States, that broke new ground by engaging as literacy tutors for young children a small group of high school students from Garfield School, a unique alternative school for students who were found on school property in possession of a weapon. As well as the high school students, the pilot involved first, second, and third grade students attending an afterschool program at a community recreation center. The names of students have been changed in this chapter to protect their anonymity.
