Read Across America March 2, 1998

[Edith LaForge <laforge@WEBZONE.NET>]

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Attached is a summary of info. about the Read Across America program.  I
hope many of you are involved in the celebration to come!           Edith
LaForge
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March 2, 1998
Read Across America Day


Summarized from p. 7 "Dr. Seuss Day CATching On!"  NEA Today Newsmakers
February 1998, Vol. 16, No. 6

A celebration of reading is planned for "Read Across America Day" on Dr. Seuss' 
birthday on March 2.  On that evening, NEA wants to generate new enthusiasm for 
reading by urging every child to read a book.

NEA's partner organizations in this effort include the American Library 
Association, the PTA, and Reading is Fundamental.  MBNA America Bank, N.A., has 
generously supported the event.

Many elementary students are studying Seuss's life and collecting and reading all 
of his books.  Several bookstores are planning special events.  Students of one 
elementary sixth grade class in West Lake City, Utah are collecting money earned 
from recycling aluminum cans; with discounts from local bookstores, the class is 
buying and donating books to a local homeless shelter. Members of the Screen Actors 
Guild Foundation's Book Pals program are recruiting celebrities for public 
readings.  Random House has sent out materials to bookstore managers urging them to 
sponsor March 2 events.

What can you do the join in NEA's national celebration of reading?
   Visit the Read Across America Web site at http://ww.nea.org/readacross
   Get ideas from the Web site for celebrating in your community.
   For more information, Call Read Across America's  FAX-on-Demand service at 
888/747-READ.



Contact your local public library and bookstores to learn what events are planned.  
Offer your help!  Ask your local association to spearhead celebration efforts if 
none are being planned.



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 Ms. Edith LaForge                       voice: 918-641-1788, ext. 235
 Library Information Specialist           FAX: 918-641-1799
 Hamilton Middle School
 2316 North Norwood Place               email:  laforge@webzone.net
 Tulsa, Oklahoma  74115

 School URL -- http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/hamilton
 Personal Home Page -- http://www.webzone.net/laforge/

 Quote:   "That's what education means - - to be able to do what you've
                  never done before."   George H. Palmer

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