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 ookPALS is a unique all-volunteer literacy program. Professional actors visit public elementary schools in local neighborhoods to read aloud to children every week. The world of literacy and literature is then opened to these children by the very people who can make books come alive through their talent and training.
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Tuesday, March 31 2009 @ 12:13 PM EDT
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Las Vegas BookPALS took students at four elementary schools on a Dr. Seuss adventure. Students at Kathy Batterman, Vegas Verdes, Ollie Detwiler and Reynoldo Martinez Elementary schools were treated to a reader's theatre version of "The Butter Battle Book".
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Sunday, July 18 2010 @ 05:44 PM EDT
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It’s coming! A really big, fun kickoff to the new school year!
BookPALS is holding the workshop of the year—great for every kind of BookPAL, both new and experienced.
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Sunday, July 18 2010 @ 05:33 PM EDT
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Thank you, Pamela Reed! What a glorious house for a party! What a glorious day!
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Friday, June 11 2010 @ 03:50 PM EDT
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Florida BookPALS is honored to receive a generous grant from Walt Disney World in the amount of $5,000 to launch a Junior BookPALS program for the 2010-11 school year.
Children who fail to read independently by 3rd grade rarely catch up later. Research has shown that reading aloud to children is one of the greatest predictors of reading achievement and school success.
As part of a wide-reaching campaign to improve children’s literacy since 1993, the SAG Foundation created Junior BookPALS, a service learning program, which brings together students from disparate demographics, across grades and schools. High school drama students are given the opportunity to read aloud to and tutor under-served elementary students in low performing public schools. The program engages high school students in activities that encourage compassion, caring, inspirational and intellectual stimulation for children in distressed communities.
Trained Junior BookPALS volunteers will be placed in under-served classrooms where they read aloud to and tutor children for one hour each week of the school year. Each participating classroom will receive a Book Basket containing twenty new, quality books to build classroom libraries. Leadership training by professional actors and certified teachers will encourage positive youth development. Adult-to-student and student-to-student mentoring relationships will be fostered as high school students engage in meaningful civic leadership activities that benefit the broader community.
As a result, children increase literacy skills, gain confidence with reading, and increase the amount of quality time spent reading. Children, Jr. BookPALS and teachers also increase affiliation and communication among their different communities. Through growing awareness and acceptance, stereotypes and prejudices can begin to break down.
Fourth graders from Catalina shine with Disney's Cheryl Boza, Community Relations Manager and Natalie Rogers, Florida Program Director
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Friday, June 11 2010 @ 03:35 PM EDT
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PencilPALS students and volunteers celebrate another year of writing in Ms. Lewis's 4th grade class at Catalina Elementary in Orlando. Volunteers were impressed with the students' newly learned demonstration of cursive writing skills. Entertainment included a rousing volin concert, performed courtesy of the 4th graders. Each student received a goody bag comprised of literary trinkets and a book for summer reading. Here they are, proudly displaying their new book, Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary, a story about a 2nd grader's correspondence with a children's book author over the duration of four years.
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