Scholastic
Book Fairs
Scholastic
Strong Supporter of Children's Literacy
By Janet King, Scholastic Book
Fairs
Scholastic Book Fairs are proud supporters of Literacy
BC.
Scholastic recognizes that literacy is a family affair and with this
in mind, regularly donates resources to Literacy BC to equip parents with the
resources they need to read to their children.
Scholastic materials are chosen from the best that the publishing
world has to offer. Over the years, Scholastic Book Fairs has donated thousands
of dollars of books to support the goals of Literacy BC and these resources
have been distributed to regional family literacy coordinators and others for
events, workshops and special occasions.
We
at Scholastic Book Fairs recognize the importance of children reading at home
and believe they should be given as many opportunities as possible to enjoy a
wide variety of literature. Each year Scholastic Book Fairs gives back millions
of dollars in books and resource funds to schools across Canada.
As
part of the Scholastic mission, we also reach out to those B.C. communities
where families would not have ready access to a bookstore — our Book Fairs
are couriered to the remote and inaccessible parts of the province, as well as
supplied to the Lower Mainland.
The
staff at Scholastic is proud of the important part they play in the lives of
families throughout the province by supplying books and resources to family
literacy projects. At Scholastic our goal is to provide the spark that will
help ignite a child’s desire to read and we are proud to support and
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Lions for
Literacy...
By Lui
Passaglia,
Director of Community Relations, BC Lions
Summer 2002 marked
the BC Lions’ launch of the inaugural Read, Write & Roar
Literacy Program. In partnership with Literacy BC, Vancouver Public Library,
the Vancouver School Board and teachers in participating elementary schools,
the BC Lions’ goal was to encourage students (with the help of their
families) in Grade 1-3 to read and write during their summer break.
Our Read, Write and
Roar program began in mid June and ended in mid-September. At the beginning of
the program, participating teachers received Read, Write & Roar packages
that included a Summer Journal, Parent/Guardian Information Sheet and a Reading
“Touchdown” Card. In September, students returned their completed
Reading Touchdown Cards to their teacher so the results could be
tabulated.
Summer
Journal
Children
received summer journals and were encouraged to write and draw about their
summer experiences, thoughts on a book they had read, or anything interesting
that happened during their summer holidays to share when they returned to
school.
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| Lui
Passaglia, BC Lions’ Director of Community Relations, speaks to the
children of Macdonald Elementary about the importance of reading and
writing. |
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