The Take-Home Reading program has become such a success that principal Carl Chamblee has expanded it to include a parent component. The grant will be used to purchase and provide quality books for every 25 days of reading. As students and their families work their way toward 100 days of reading at home they’re able to earn small incentives such as pencils, gel pens and book markers that keep them on track to their goal of 100 days of reading. Once they reach the 100 day milestone the grant also provides Meadow Lakes with the funding to purchase and provide them with either a customized book bag or T-shirt. The parents are encouraged to promote reading together as a family.
The Fred Meyer Fund assists nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping children and reducing hunger in communities served by 128 Fred Meyer stores in Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. In 2007, the Fred Meyer Fund awarded $1.7 million in grants.
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5 comment(s)Student wrote on Dec 6, 2008 3:12 PM:
Kids need time to be kids once in a while. Perhaps, just maybe, a parent or two actually does care, and doesn't need the school district or teachers heading up development of their own children. My parents read to me without fail when I was a kid, and it was wonderful. They had no school ditrict incentive for doing it and didn't need any. What makes the schools think that kids today are apparently so in need of help that it takes more than two parents to raise them? "
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