Bloomington Reads Sponsors
Key Club of Bloomington would like to invite children and their parents to attend their Book Comes to Life event to kick-off Bloomington Reads week. Key Club will be presenting the children’s story “Stone Soup” on Sunday, May 6th from 1:30-2:00 at the Monroe County Public Library auditorium. Following Stone Soup, they will have fun crafts from 2-3:30 for the kids to enjoy! Come out and celebrate the gift of reading with Key Club of Bloomington!
Raise a Community Readers
The Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools hosts the second annual Bloomington Reads – a week of reading and literacy related activities to focus our community on the importance of literacy. 20 minutes of reading a day builds a community of readers.
Activities for the week include:
Sunday, May 6, 1:30 p.m. Monroe County Public Library Auditorium
Stone Soup Comes to Life – The Bloomington Key Club brings to life the book Stone Soup.
Wednesday, May 9, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monroe County Court House Lawn
Bring Your Own Book and Read on the courthouse lawn. Pack a lunch, a book and a blanket and spend an hour reading. Princess Presto from the PBS television show Super WHY! with the power to read will visit everyone on the lawn.
Click here to visit Super Why Click for Event Flyer
Thursday, May 10, 7:00 p.m. Fairview Elementary LGI Room
On Becoming an Author! Scott Russell Sanders, author-winning author and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University will speak about his lifelong love of reading and the path that led him to become a writer. Families are encouraged to attend as he will draw upon his books for children, such as The Floating House as well as his books for adults, including Wilderness Plots.
Saturday, May 12, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Bloomington Reads Aloud - Readers of all ages are invited to join us on the patio of Macri’s Deli (corner of Morton and 7th) to help Bloomington read aloud a novel and various poetry selections. Free books to the first 400 students who visit the table. Learn about the summer reading program at the Monroe County Public Library. Event Flyer
Ongoing Events throughout the week:
Books for Preschoolers – South Central Indiana Kiwanis will read to preschoolers at Monroe County Head Start centers and MCUM. Each child will receive a book.
Scrabble Tournament for MCCSC middle and high school students.
Literacy focus on The Floating House and Wilderness Plots in MCCSC elementary schools.
Bloomington Reads is sponsored by:
The Foundation of Monroe County Community schools will host our annual grant reception to honor our 2011 – 2012 grant award winners. Dr. Judith A. DeMuth will deliver the presentation.
The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce is pleased to co-host this event with the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools. Join us as we hear from Superintendent Dr. Judith A. DeMuth as she gives the school corporation address.
This event is free and open to the public. We do ask, however, that you please register using the following link.
Thank you to the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center for hosting the location for this event.
Make literacy one of your New Year’s resolutions for 2012. Help us ring in the New Year as we join together to support reading for all MCCSC students.
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Get your team together!You can view the 2011 Spelling Bee Gallery by clicking on this link.
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For sponsorship information, click here to download the pdf form.
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Beth Piekarsky, a teacher at University Elementary, is dancing her way through the school house. Mrs. P. is learning to ballroom dance to raise money for her passion – Literacy!
Today in MCCSC schools, over 30% of all students read below grade level. These students sit at desks across our district and they are falling behind. Without action, they are likely to drop out of school and face a life none of us would wish on our children. It is an indisputable fact. Students who read at grade level by third grade are poised for success. Studie
s show they are more likely to graduate from high school, make more money, vote, volunteer, raise healthy children, and succeed in life.
Mrs. Piekarsky wants to ensure that all students in the MCCSC get the services they need to read at grade level, and you can help! On May 21, 2011, she’ll take the stage with other local celebrities in the Bloomington Dancing with the Celebrities Competition to be held at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Every dollar raised will help provide literacy resources and services to local students and every dollar counts as a vote for Beth. Beth’s goal is to WIN, but she can only achieve this goal with your support. If you believe in Beth and the students of MCCSC, click on Make a Donation and cast your vote!
All money raised will support Literacy programs for MCCSC students.
