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Reading to Kids News
March 15, 2000
Esperanza Kick-Off a Huge Success at March Reading Club!
The expansion of Reading to Kids' reading club
program to Esperanza Elementary School on March 11 was a tremendous
success. Over 100 children at Esperanza were read to from books
related to March's theme of "young women in children's literature."
Because invitations were extended to only a portion of the students
for the initial reading club, March's strong showing sent a signal
of the large numbers of children that will benefit from Esperanza's
reading club in the future. A very hard working group of volunteers,
teachers, and administrators made the tremendous success of the initial
reading club at Esperanza possible. Smiles were plentiful at the end
of the day as the children left their classrooms carrying some amazing
arts and crafts related to the books read during the day (including hats,
drawings, and colorful cut-outs.
As the reading club program kicked off at Esperanza,
the growth in popularity of the reading club continued at nearby
Gratts Elementary School. Over 90 volunteers (a new record by far)
read to a group of nearly 200 children. Making a particularly strong
volunteer showing were Bruin Corps, Bruin Belles, LA Works, Alpha Phi Omega,
GE, NBC, and Boston Consulting Group. As always, a dedicated group of
teachers and administrators were on hand from Gratts to make sure
everything ran smoothly.
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