2012 Books for Kids

q  2012 Books for Kids Collection Begins February 1! (Post on Blogs)

Central and West Elementary Schools and Wamego Public Library Children's Program announce the 2012 kick-off of Books for Kids, a literacy program for USD 320 community children ages 0-12.  Books for Kids will begin with a drive to collect gently used or new children's books that will run from February 1 until February 29, 2012.  These may include board books, picture books, chapter books and other books for those 0-12 years old. 

Last year we collected over 4,000 books that were distributed in the schools and community!  We also received a generous donation of $1,000 from Best Buy, which will help us purchase two ipad2 tablets for use in our Title I and Special Education Classrooms.

This program will help to increase reading skills such as word recognition, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. This will be done by putting extra books and more opportunities to read in the hands of our local children and students.  Drop-off sites for the book collection are Central Elementary, West Elementary, and Wamego Public Library. 

Be sure to go through your books and find some for our kids--everyone needs some good books to read! We will be collecting until February 29 (which is the Leap Year day) so we can help our kids "Leap Into Being Great Readers!"  The Books for Kids USD320 Literacy Project is sponsored by Central and West Elementary Site Councils.