Situated between an urban environment and farmlands, our high school students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, but what connects our community of nearly 1,800 students is a love of reading. Our district values reading choice and encourages independent reading at all levels, all grades. But reading does not come easily to each student.
We are so fortunate to be in a district that places an emphasis on independent reading and student choice.
Books can be mirrors or windows to the stories of our world. My goal is to connect my readers to the books they need.
A love for reading is built one story at a time. During the month of March, we want to celebrate our community of readers.
My Project
This will be my sixth year organizing a March Book Madness where students and staff vote throughout the month of March for their favorite stories. In a March Madness-style bracket, we invite our community of readers to share their favorite books and encourage reading in our community. But my favorite part of this monthly focus on reading is being able to give away books! Each school day in March, we are hoping to give away books to those students and staff who participate in voting. I have been fortunate to connect with a number of authors using social media who have volunteered to sign copies of books or send signed bookplates. In past years, I've been able to give away signed books by Lois Lowry, S.E. Hinton, John Green, Rainbow Rowell, and so many more! However, many times I needed to cover the cost of shipping and/or the cost of the actual books. As you can imagine, this can get quite expensive.
This project will help cover the cost of the books to be given away to our community of readers during the month of March!
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