Re: Read Across America

[Carol Muska <cmuska@TENET.EDU>]

Dear Mary,
North East ISD in San Antonio Tx. and Region 20 are collaboration on a
campaign to promote the 75th anniversary of Children's Book Week, Nov.
14-20, 1994, with the theme "Read Across America."  Our goal is to
involve San Antonio and South Texas (and across the country) area
students in reading for recreation rather than watching television.  To
accomplish this, we are asking you to join us in a region wide READ IN on
the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 15.  To show the results of this effort we
will tabulate the minutes/hours that sudents read on Tuesday.  A region
wide total will be announced at the end of the week.

If you would like to participate and endorse this effort, please contact
me or one of the people listed below ASAP.  We will forward a packet of
materials to ou no later than Friday, October 7.  If you are out of the
Region 20 area, please send a self-addressed manilla envelope.  Three
stamps should do it.

Many elementary schools are doing things all week in addition to the
counting of reading min.  Our school will have a Reading Camp In in which
the students bring pillows or blankets and everyone curls up and reads at
school.  We will have guest readers and readers from the High school near by.
The Mayor of San Antonio will sign a document recognizing this special event.

I hope this reaches many libraries and you will participate in our READ
ACROSS AMERICA.

Carol Muska
Camelot Elementary
7410 Ray Bon
San Antonio, Texas 78217
cmuska@tenet.edu

Robbye Durham
robbyed@tenet.edu

Vicki Krebsbach
Krebs@tenet.edu

Barbara Davis
bdavis@tenet.edu

Jeanne Martinez
jeannem@tenet.edu
On Thu, 8 Sep 1994, Global SchoolNet Fdn (FrEdMail) wrote:

> Dear Media Specialists:
> I'd like ideas for Read Across America on the elementary level.
> Thanks in advance!
>
> <mpowell@aiken.sc.fred.org> -------------------- 33.32.37N, 80.49.30W
> Mary Powell
> Teacher K-12 at Belvedere,  Aiken                     North Augusta, SC
>