Building Home Libraries
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One of the goals of the Barrow Elementary Media Center is to support the reading habits and curiosities of students, teachers, and families. During the school year, our library is a huge source of reading, but we often wonder what we can do to continue to support reading during the summer months when students are at home. What do their home libraries look like? What can we do as a school to support the idea of building a home library?
Many schools in Clarke County are supported by an incredible program called Books for Keeps where every student in the school receives 12 books for summer reading. Our school will eventually be served by this organization, but at the moment, we are not.
This year, we are working with our community, writing grants, and raising funds to support families in building home libraries in their communities. The Junior League of Athens is purchasing 6 books for each student from the Bethel Homes community who attends our school. These books are for the students to keep and share with their family. There will be a family day of learning about home libraries, creating a plan for a home library, and adding these 6 books to the home library. We hope by taking this step, we are supporting a culture in each home of having a dedicated place to keep books that are purchased, borrowed, or donated.
Through First Book UGA, we have a $750 grant to replicate the Junior League's program in the Parkview community. This will provide approximately 3 books per student through First Book. In order to replicate the same program we are offering at Bethel, we need to raise some additional funds.
We are asking for your support through donations of any amount to help us reach our goal of $1,000. These funds will be added to the $750 grant from First Book and will purchase 6 books for each student from the Parkview community who attends our school. We will create similar programming for this community to help establish home libraries in each home.
We hope that this idea will expand to other communities within our school as well, but we would like to start with these two communities for this year.
Many schools in Clarke County are supported by an incredible program called Books for Keeps where every student in the school receives 12 books for summer reading. Our school will eventually be served by this organization, but at the moment, we are not.
This year, we are working with our community, writing grants, and raising funds to support families in building home libraries in their communities. The Junior League of Athens is purchasing 6 books for each student from the Bethel Homes community who attends our school. These books are for the students to keep and share with their family. There will be a family day of learning about home libraries, creating a plan for a home library, and adding these 6 books to the home library. We hope by taking this step, we are supporting a culture in each home of having a dedicated place to keep books that are purchased, borrowed, or donated.
Through First Book UGA, we have a $750 grant to replicate the Junior League's program in the Parkview community. This will provide approximately 3 books per student through First Book. In order to replicate the same program we are offering at Bethel, we need to raise some additional funds.
We are asking for your support through donations of any amount to help us reach our goal of $1,000. These funds will be added to the $750 grant from First Book and will purchase 6 books for each student from the Parkview community who attends our school. We will create similar programming for this community to help establish home libraries in each home.
We hope that this idea will expand to other communities within our school as well, but we would like to start with these two communities for this year.
Organizer
Andy Plemmons
Organizer
