WHAT: Students & guest readers participate in national Read for the Record campaign
WHEN: Thursday, October 2, 2008 (See specific times below)
WHERE: Western Hills Primary, 8300 Mojave Trail, Mapsco 73L; Cesar Chavez Primary, 3710 Deen Road, Mapsco 49W; M.G. Ellis Primary, 215 N.E. 14th Street, Mapsco 62L
VISUALS: FWISD students and adults reading the same book, Corduroy, together.
SUMMARY: Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is a national campaign to encourage hundreds of thousands of children and adults to read the same book, Corduroy, on the same day. The expansive shared reading experience will raise public awareness about the early education gap that exists between income levels.
Western Hills Primary readers: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Ray Dickerson – President, FWISD Board of Education
Norman Robbins – District 7 Representative, FWISD Board of Education
Michael Sorum – FWISD Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Patricia Rangel – Director, FWISD Early Childhood Department
Cesar Chavez Primary reader: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
State Representative Charlie Geren - District 99
M.G. Ellis Primary reader: 12:45pm
Dr. Carlos Vasquez – District 1 Representative, FWISD Board of Education
The campaign will generate public awareness by creating the largest shared reading experience ever and by breaking the record set on September 20, 2007, when 258,000 people participated.