Valley View library awarded grant
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October 24, 2013 |
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Patty Burlingame, Ashley Blackmore,
librarian Julie Colson, Colton Hubble. |
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Congratulations to Valley View Elementary for
being awarded the $5,000 School Library Access
Grant from the Idaho Commission for Libraries’
Read to Me program.
Thanks to Valley View librarians Julie Colson
and Patty Burlingame and the Idaho Reads! VISTA,
Debbie Pauls, for pursuing this funding and
being awarded. The grant was submitted last
spring and VV was awarded the full grant amount
of $5000 this fall.
The purpose of this grant is to help increase
access to print for our youngest students.
Reading done in the home is the single most
important factor in developing children’s
literacy skills. Children should be reading or
being read to at least 20 minutes each day.
Funds from this grant are being used to purchase
books to help ensure that access of reading
materials start from the beginning of children’s
schooling. The goals of the grant are: to
increase the amount of reading done in homes;
increase the access of quality non-fiction and
fiction titles in school libraries; and increase
the number of children reading at grade level.
Valley View has purchased close to 300 new
“Library Bound” books for their school library,
for ages Pre-K through firstst grade. All
students at Valley View are encouraged to check
out books to take home.
Parents are also welcomed and encouraged to
visit the school library and check out books to
take home to read and read to their children.
The new books are displayed in an area that
captures the interest and attention of the
younger students. |
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