Stevens Middle School
Pasco, WA
For the night, classrooms at Stevens were transformed into “venues,” each with a different theme and set of activities that related a connection between reading and the silver screen. A number of them were themed after books—including the immensely popular Twilight, Because of Winn-Dixie and Marley & Me—that had been adapted into movies. More...
Barbara Pierce, Assistant Principal
509-543-6798 bpierce@psd1.org
Type 2 | Middle Grades | Reading and Literacy
Beebe Elementary School
Naperville, IL
Books-to-Go provides every student a daily opportunity to read a self-selected book at their independent reading level. Each student’s classroom teacher updates this reading level as regularly as necessary. As a result, the books that a student brings home are targeted to improve reading fluency based on his or her individual literacy needs. More...
Jodi Piekarz, SFCP Co-Chair
630-428-1257 piekarz4408@gmail.com
Type 3 | Elementary | Reading and Literacy
Roosevelt ECC, Buffalo Public School #65
Buffalo, NY
Curious George, Mother Goose, The Cat in the Hat, and Old Mother Hubbard wandered through the halls of Roosevelt Early Childhood Center one November evening, telling their tales and inviting the youngsters and their parents to talk with them about the stories in which they star. Meanwhile, some of the Roosevelt students performed Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood in the Fairytale Theater. More...
Amy Bartell, Reading Coach/Administrative Intern
716-200-8893 abartell@buffaloschools.org
Type 2 | Elementary | Reading and Literacy
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Bellflower, CA
The Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) at Thomas Jefferson Elementary tapped into a universal topic for their Family Traditions Reading Night, making the evening a special occasion by asking students in grades K–6 to write about . . . special occasions. Inspired by models in the NNPS book Family Reading Night (Hutchins, Greenfield, and Epstein 2008), the team designed a program that included reading activities, a book exchange, a presentation by the county’s children’s librarian, and refreshments. More...
Marilyn Yassin, ATP Facilitator
526-795-0681 marilynyassin@gmail.com
Type 4 | Elementary | Reading and Literacy
Whittier Elementary School
Pasco, WA
All 677 students at Whittier Elementary took home a new book shortly after the holidays, courtesy of the local Barnes & Noble Booksellers, their teachers, their neighbors, and even people they did not know. In addition, the school and the local Columbia Reading Foundation received another 2,000 books, bought through the Barnes & Noble annual Holiday Book Drive, which asked customers to buy one or more books for the school as they checked out. More...
Judy Klein, Literacy Coach
509-543-6750 Jklein@psd1.org
Type 6 | Elementary | Reading and Literacy
Pulaski Elementary School
Wilmington, DE
What do the following people have in common: the mayor of Wilmington, Delaware; the Delaware lieutenant governor; a United Way CEO; members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; the directors of Wilmington’s Latin American and Kingswood Community Centers, and the parents of children at Pulaski Elementary? Why, they all love to read, of course. Lucky for them and many more community volunteers in Pulaski’s I Love to Read Guest Reader Program, in February, they got to do exactly that—read. More...
Mary K. Ford, Reading First Coach
302-429-4136 fordm@christina.k12.de.us
Type 6 | Elementary | Reading and Literacy
Vinton Elementary School
Vinton, LA
Students of Vinton Elementary got to intern as weather reporters for an evening. They were tasked to piece together a story on a common occurrence: a rather unexceptional day, except that on this day, it happened to rain . . . chocolate pudding. Pre-K–5th-graders were primed for the English and Language Arts (ELA) It’s Raining Chocolate Pudding event by other stories about unusual forms of precipitation. More...
Linda Portie, Lead Teacher
337-589-7365 linda.prtie@cpsb.org
Type 4 | Elementary | Reading and Literacy
T.H. Watkins Elementary School
Lake Charles, LA
Looking to increase parent involvement at school events, coordinators at T. H. Watkins Elementary figured the best way to get more families to the school was to make the event about what makes each family unique— their stories. Tasked to bring only their favorite memories and their willingness to be inspired by their kids, parents joined their children at the school one evening for the first-ever Memory Makers Family Book Writing Event. More...
Jill Crain, Curriculum Coordinator
337-478-3929 jill.crain@cpsb.org
Type 4 | Elementary | Reading and Literacy
Pasco Senior High School
Pasco, WA
Tea and cookies set the tone for the Pasco Reads Literacy Project. Calm and serious, but definitely enjoyable, the project took literacy projects to a new level—high school. The literacy project was an out-of-class-room experience aimed at getting high school students together with adults—teachers, parents and community residents—to read and discuss a novel. The students were equal partners in the discussions, held at various locations, such as the public library or a community coffee house. More...
Stephanie Post, English Teacher/Co-Chair
509-547-5581 Ext. 3561 spost@psd1.org
Type 6 | High School | Reading and Literacy
Ruth Livingston Elementary School
Pasco, WA
In its sixth year, Ruth Livingston’s week-long Trash to Treasure Book Fair brings together students, families, school staff, and community partners to contribute their time and resources to a thriving literary event. Gone are the fluffy pencils and glittery notebooks competing for kids’ attention and dollars. Instead, students browse a broad sampling of gently used, affordable, and age-appropriate books. More...
Kelly Longsdorff, ATP Co-Chair
509-546-2688 klongsdorff@psd1.org
Type 3 | Elementary | Reading and Literacy