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Our urban middle school serves 1200 students, 73% of whom live at or below poverty level. Coming primarily from Hispanic families, our students have a strong work ethic and value their education. However, reading scores need to be higher if these students will be able to succeed academically on into high school. Middle school is the age where students either get turned on or turned off to reading. We have seen that students who stay engaged in reading for pleasure ultimately perform better in school. A role model for at risk students at our school and teacher who had a deep impact on students was the late Russell Hughes. A gentle giant, Mr. Hughes lovingly served and shaped the futures of many troubled students on our campus. His love for reading led him to create his own "library" of books in the ISS room. This October our school library was renamed the Russell Hughes Memorial Library in his honor. His wife cut the ribbon in his honor at our dedication ceremony.

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Our urban middle school serves 1200 students, 73% of whom live at or below poverty level. Coming primarily from Hispanic families, our students have a strong work ethic and value their education. However, reading scores need to be higher if these students will be able to succeed academically on into high school. Middle school is the age where students either get turned on or turned off to reading. We have seen that students who stay engaged in reading for pleasure ultimately perform better in school. A role model for at risk students at our school and teacher who had a deep impact on students was the late Russell Hughes. A gentle giant, Mr. Hughes lovingly served and shaped the futures of many troubled students on our campus. His love for reading led him to create his own "library" of books in the ISS room. This October our school library was renamed the Russell Hughes Memorial Library in his honor. His wife cut the ribbon in his honor at our dedication ceremony.

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