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Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles Share Article The Life Is Better When We Read Together initiative celebrates the joy of reading and provides access for students across the nation to support daily reading In our district, we’ve seen firsthand the power of a community reading initiative and how easily myON makes it to tap into that power. We’re excited to be part of an even larger community celebrating reading across the nation this...

LPSS and Kiwanis Club partnership encourages children to read more The more they read, the bigger the chance to win a new bike. and last updated 2021-01-14 23:42:57-05 LAFAYETTE, La. — The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette and the Lafayette Parish School System are forming a partnership to hopefully get children to read more books. The goal of the program is to incentivize students in a new way, amid the pandemic. Normally, librarians and school staff would encourage children to read with promise...

Lafayette Kiwanis and LPSS Give Bicycles to Encourage Reading The Lafayette Parish School System has partnered with the Kiwanis Club of Lafayette on a mission to get children to read more books.  This initiative will give incentives to students in a new way. Pre-pandemic the children were encouraged through the Accelerated Reader program at school with librarians and teachers offering prizes and parties as an incentive. Obviously, the pandemic restrictions prevent that from happening now. Luck...

Galion school board honors staff for pandemic response Jennifer Allerding - Galion City Schools Superintendent GALION — The Galion City Schools Board of Education declared Tuesday, Dec. 15 “Galion City Schools Excellent Pandemic Response Day” during the regular December board meeting. The proclamation aims to recognize the tireless efforts of Galion City Schools staff, students, and families who have made the 2020-2021 school year possible. “We are extremely proud of all our district s...

Freddies story is a real cliffhanger Creating a mini-saga in just 100 words can be quite a challenge. But pupils at Long Close Senior School in Upton Court Road, Slough know that good things come in small packages. The school has had 32 of its pupils stories accepted for publication by the Young Writers publishing company in one of its regular anthologies of childrens work. The publishing company holds regular competitions and this years challenge was to write a thrilling mini-saga in j...

Fiction still a dominant force in the movement to strengthen childhood reading Jay Mathews, The Washington Post Dec. 12, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Childrens books stacked in a home in Washington D.C.photo for The Washington Post by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades. I like fiction. I even know some talented people who make money composing it. But as a nonfiction writer, when I go into schools I am sad that the books students choose to read are almost always fiction. A child thinks: Nonfiction? You mean t...