One book. One reader. A whole world opens.
A public website and centralized platform for Reading Opens Your World, the Missoula, Montana literacy nonprofit built around one-to-one weekly reading.
- Role
- Experience direction & front-end
- Industry
- Literacy nonprofit
- Status
- Live
- Location
- Missoula, Montana
- Minutes of reading each week
- 30
- Partner schools listed
- 5
- Students reached
- 727
- Books gifted
- 4,882
- Reading hours
- 5,162
Program and impact figures published by ROW and captured October 2026. Figures can change as the program grows.
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01Client
Literacy is the mission. Connection is the method.
ROW gives students one-to-one reading attention once a week. Every other week, each student receives a book to build a home library.
Its mission is direct: foster literacy and improve reading skills through positive reading experiences. Its vision reaches further—a future where every child in Montana can read at grade level or beyond.
The digital work needed to serve that human relationship in public while giving the organization a clearer operational center behind the scenes.
02Reading path
Designed around the relationship, not the software.
Move through the four parts of ROW’s public story. The sequence is manual, keyboard-operable, and never auto-advances.
A book becomes a beginning.
Every other week, ROW gifts each student a book to help build a home library.
A reader gets focused attention.
A trained volunteer meets one-to-one with a student for roughly thirty minutes each week.
Consistency creates connection.
The weekly rhythm gives the volunteer and student room to build confidence, trust, and a love of reading.
One relationship opens outward.
Students, volunteers, educators, families, and schools become part of a shared literacy effort across Missoula.
03Scope
A digital front door with an operational center behind it.
The public website makes the mission, volunteer path, resources, and ways to help easier to understand. The centralized platform supports the organization behind that public experience.
What we delivered
- Public story
A responsive website that makes ROW’s mission, work, schools, resources, and participation paths visible.
Verified on the public site
- Clear next steps
Volunteer, contact, donate, and sign-in routes give each audience a direct place to go.
Verified on the public site
- Centralized platform
A shared operational center that replaced disconnected ways of working with a more efficient, streamlined experience.
Supported by Lauren Markovich’s approved testimonial
- Tailored workflows
Work shaped to the organization instead of forcing ROW into a generic software pattern.
Supported at a high level; private details withheld
04Client voice
What ROW’s director says about the platform
“The centralized platform has made our processes more efficient and streamlined. It has been a tremendous improvement.”
05Collaboration
Built with the ROW team, and with James.
The work was built with Lauren Markovich and the ROW team. Rocky Bunker led the public experience, and James Watling contributed full-stack development.
Collaborator spotlight
James Watling
Full-stack developer
“James was knowledgeable, responsive, and easy to communicate with. He found solutions, understood our organization, and built something that fit.”
Private technical details remain private.
Coming soon…
Kickoff, build, and launch milestonesComing soon…
Working sessions and early sketches06Evidence
What this page can honestly say.
ROW’s mission, program model, current impact figures, and public routes are verified on its website. The centralized-platform result and collaborator feedback come from a publication-approved testimonial by Lauren Markovich.
Private screens, student records, internal workflows, and implementation details are intentionally not shown. An earlier proposal documents the intended scope, but it is not treated as proof that every proposed feature shipped.
Coming soon…
Measured before-and-after improvementsComing soon…
How the work changed day-to-day operations07FAQ
Questions about the ROW project
What did ISR Studio build for Reading Opens Your World?
A public website and a centralized platform, delivered as a responsive experience with operational workflows tailored to the organization. Rocky Bunker led experience direction, UX/UI, and front-end development; James Watling contributed full-stack development.
What does Reading Opens Your World do?
ROW is a Missoula, Montana nonprofit that gives students one-to-one reading attention once a week. Every other week, each student is gifted a book to build a home library. Its mission is to foster literacy and improve reading skills through positive reading experiences.
What are ROW’s published impact figures?
ROW’s website reports 727 students reached, 4,882 books gifted, and 5,162 reading hours. They are ROW’s own figures, captured from the public site in October 2026, and they change as the program grows.
How does someone volunteer with ROW?
ROW asks volunteers to commit to one 30-minute reading session each week for the school year, share their contact information and preferred school, complete the required school district check, and review the Volunteer Resources. The sign-up page on readwithrow.org has the current steps.
Can I see the platform’s private screens?
No. Student records, internal workflows, and implementation details are intentionally not shown. This page covers the public website and what ROW has approved for publication.
Our shout-out
Opening a child’s world, one book at a time.
ROW runs on volunteers and community support. Read with a student, give to the program, or say hello to the team.