READING COUNTS

[Melvina Matherne <mmatherne1@stcharles.k12.la.us>]

Dear Fellow Librarians,

Please help. Our school is thinking about using Reading Counts. Hurst is
a middle school with about 500 seventh and eighth graders. I am doing
some of the preliminary work. I would love to hear about your
experiences. I am open to any start up hints. How much money will I
really need to start up? I need to emphasis the reading not the
incentives. Have test scores gone up? Should I start with a few classes
and then expand or start school wide the first year?

I would also like to correspond via e-mail or phone with a middle school
librarian who is up and running and likes the program. I really need a
mentor.

Melvina Matherne/Librarian
Hurst Middle School, Destrehan, La.
mmatherne1@stcharles.k12.la.us

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