Leah, (I love your name -- it was my grandmother's)
Your story is mine almost exactly! The whole district was given
this grant money to start AR in the elem. and jr. highs, but now
we've been left in the lurch since the grant dried up. We have a
pretty high SES in this neighborhood, so the parents have raised
some money for tests in the past, but it's so inconsistent that I get
frustrated. Thanks for your response.
Ellen Leah Roberts
From: leahleah@attbi.com
To: Ellen Roberts <ROBERE@HIGH1.SD01.K12.ID.US>
Copies to: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Elem: Accelerated Reader funds
Date sent: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 12:29:40 +0000
> In our district (18 elementary schools, 6 jr.hi, 2 hi)
> we were told NOT to buy quizzes with our "materials"
> budget. We started out several years ago with money
> from the district, since it was implemented in 6 schools
> BY the DISTRICT, not the individual schools or
> librarians. The following year, a little more money was
> provided, after that, nothing! One year the Regional
> Teacher of the Year happened to come from our school:
> she donated her $1000 award and specified it for AR.
> Another year, a parent donated $200. This year, our
> principal took several hundred out of her "AT RISK"
> student account; that was enough for 75 new quizzes.
>
> We only do AR in 6th grade, and the 6th grade students
> have offered to either do a fund-raiser where they sell
> something; or many of them have offered to donate $2.68
> each to purchase one new quiz. What it comes down to is
> that our funding comes from wherever we can find it!
> Ironically, when they tell me which quiz title they
> would like to purchase and I check on it for them, the
> book is NEVER the level on which they are reading -
> ALWAYS much LOWER!
>
>
> Leah Hawkins, Librarian
> West Hurst Elementary
> Hurst, TX
> leahleah@attbi.com
> > Hi!
> > I'm curious as to how some of you come up with money to buy
> > the AR quizzes. We got a big purchase of books and tests a few
> > years ago with some grant money, and some of the grant money went to
> > buying quizzes for books we already had. But now when I make my
> > "big" order in the fall, a lot of the books are AR, but I don't have
> > the quizzes. I don't feel comfortable about buying them with my
> > district budget money. Not all teachers are using AR and I'd rather
> > use my funds to buy books for the library. Nor do I want to use
> > money from book fairs, as I'd rather buy something that would
> > benefit the whole student body. Thanks for your input. Ellen Roberts
> > Ellen Roberts Highlands Elementary Library Boise, Idaho
> > robere@high1.sd01.k12.id.us A book is like a garden carried in the
> > pocket.
> > --Chinese proverb
> >
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Highlands Elementary Library
Boise, Idaho
robere@high1.sd01.k12.id.us
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