Mark Twain Elementary School in Niles aims to promote summer reading and fun, informative ways to keep kids busy during the summer - 'make and take' session. The students will be making a journal and a bookmark." http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/05/school-to-explore-what-summer-has-to.html
To foster reading during Summer 2012, multiple community partners created One Jackson...Many Readers. Research shows that students who read throughout the summer continue to grow academically. http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/05/to-foster-reading-during-summer-2012.html
Racine Reads: Dream Big! was developed as a holistic approach to literacy advancement. A recent study reported that the average elementary school student read 40 books each school year, yet only 34 percent of students are deemed "proficient" in their reading level. http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/05/racine-reads-dream-big-was-developed-as.html
Barrow Elementary, media center is the hub of the school. For example, pre-kindergarten students used studio equipment to write and film weather forecasts; kindergartners researched various topics using databases; first-graders created movies about the seasons; third-graders researched and created designs for a new state park, fourth-graders created book trailers advertising authors and fifth-graders taught social studies to one another. http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2012/05/barrow-elementary-media-center-is-hub.html
School districts and community partners are doing book drives this summer
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Join the Summer Reading Program at the Ermineskin School Library