GEN: Stine Manor October 13!! Register now...

[Jane Coffey <RLEDUJane@AOL.COM>]

I apologize for sending out another email so soon, but there is a problem
with the link for registration for the Stine Manor chat on October 13. Rather
than wait, please send your registration to:

mmbska1@aol.com   That is a number 1, not the letter "l"

This is my daughter, Amy Wildt, who will be processing the registrations for
a few days. You are most welcome to visit the website and send the
information, should the link be activated. If not, please send the
registration information to her. Your personal information will be
confidential, I assure you.

As a reminder:

The Read In! 2000 <www.readin.org> has several announcements:

Stine Manor registrations are open--please visit the Registration Page on the
website or, if the link is not activated, please send an email to
mmbska1@aol.com with "Stine Manor Registration" as the subject line. We only
need the name of the school, number of participants, your location, and
number of computers connecting for the chat. This information is
confidential: We only need it
for tracking and to give the communities.com folks an idea as to number of
server connections needed.

This is a free event and will be an intimate chat with R.L. Stine in his
Stine Manor. This is special chat software from The Palace and is completely
free as a download from www.communities.com This October 13th event is
limited to one thousand participants, so please register early. We will be
online approximately one week prior to the event to help you setup and answer
questions. That is: Meet R.L. Stine on October 13 from 1-2 PM Eastern Time.
You will receive complete instructions on both the communities.com website
and through a Read In! listserv announcement
after you regsiter! Three autographed Stine Manor tshirts will be given away
to participants!

If you have never used software like this, you are in for a treat. Mr. Stine
comes as himself (a light shade of green!) and you and your students come to
his "home" as costumed trick-or-treaters! This is safe (we have worked
countless hours on "pottymouth" scripting which will NOT allow students to
type in derogatory or inappropriate words or sayings) and it is fun! Be sure
to visit the website under The Read In! Learning Center for complete details.
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Also, we are offering your students and you several wonderful reading
incentives this year:

1- CHAPBOOKS.COM NEW PUBLISHER PROGRAM

Chapbooks.com allows teachers to publish student writing anthologies in the
form of beautiful paperback books for as little as $5 each for 30 copies.
Last spring, 50 Read In! teachers published books and gave their students the
pride of publication.

We are proud to announce that we have donated 100 minigrants of $150 each to
The Read In! so that 100 new teachers can try our web-based service for free.
Each of these minigrants pays for the entire cost of a minimum order of 30
copies of a short book (including standard shipping charges). The value of
the grant, can of course, be applied to a larger order, although that is NOT
a requirement!

APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 15

ORDER DEADLINE: November 12

HOW TO APPLY:

Between now and October 15, visit The Read In! website at www.readin.org,
register and read the complete instructions for applying for a Chapbooks.com
grant. Remember: it is FREE!

NOTES:

This is open ONLY to REGISTERED Read In! participating schools and/or
libraries. Each application will be verified, but any number of teachers may
participate from one site.

Previous recipients of the Read In! grants (from spring 1999) are not
eligible to apply.

Multiple grant recipients may not combine their grants to produce a single
order. Only one grant per order, please.
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2- Three autographed Stine Manor t-shirts will be awarded to three students
from schools/homeschoolers/libraries who participate in the Stine Manor live
event on October 13th! Thank you, Bob, for autographing these for your fans!
******************

3- The Read In Foundation Inc. calls upon schools around the world to create
their own literacy project within their community. Put on your thinking caps
and create a literacy project which has a positive impact wherever you live!
Deadline for entries is March 15th, 2000! Each literacy project, upon
submission of required elements to The Read In Foundation, is eligible to win
one of three outstanding prizes for their school: First Place: $500.00;
Second Place: $250.00; Third Place: A library of autographed Read In!
Authors' books. Full details on The Read In! website!

Thank you for reading this posting, and remember.....

Read! READ!! READ!!!

Jane ;-)
Jane Coffey
The Read In!
http://www.readin.org
The Read In! 2000 is May 11, 2000 and offers 22 authors for your students:
from Jan and Stan Berenstain to R.L. Stine to Melvin Burgess for the high
school crowd...an author for every age group! Remember, we never charge a fee
and the software for all events is free...We WANT to see students READING!!!

PS...We DO have Stine Manor tshirts this year for those of you who asked for
them. They are outstanding quality, very vibrantly colored and excellent
quality. All of the profits of the sales will go to the Read In Foundation to
keep this and the annual event free to all the schools!

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