Giving the Gift of Reading
The Education Foundation continued its Home Library Giveaway on Tuesday afternoon when Foundation members gave 10 families at Ross Elementary their own personal home library. The intent of Home Library Giveaway grant is to raise student reading levels, promote family reading, develop a greater appreciation for literature, and increase the likelihood of academic reading success. Families are by the ECISD reading specialists at four schools. Each family receives age-appropriate books (in both English and Spanish as necessary) for students and adults as well as a bookcase for storage. Students also receive a gift card to buy books of their own choosing at the school's fall book fair.
The Education Foundation continues its commitment to partner with ECISD and other groups to live out its mission in being a catalyst for opportunity through education. It commits itself in getting ECISD students work-ready, college-ready...WORLD READY.
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