Reading lives on here

School district helps keep kids' noses buried in books

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 1:45 p.m. (0)

Spartanburg High School’s Seven Reads climaxes with a pep rally like gathering in the gym for all 1,500 students that’s part motivational speech and a glimpse of just what makes a best-selling author tick.

But it is reading that lives at the heart of the story and a community that has pulled together to give all of the students a book of their own to read over the summer. One book each for 1,500 kids.

“It’s a way to get the students at Spartanburg High really involved with reading and to connect with the authors,” said McKenzie Wilson, a junior, during a telephone interview after school last Friday.  Continue reading...

 

The summer of reading

Local groups join to collect books for the 2011 Great Kids Deserve Great Books

APRIL 21, 2011 11:46 a.m. (0)

There are no books in the homes of many of the children who attend Cleveland Elementary School located in a part of Spartanburg where 99 percent of the households are considered below the federal poverty index.

Robin Chandler, the school’s media specialist, sees it every day and feels it most acutely when the children go home for the summer.

They don’t read and they don’t have a way to get to a public library.  Continue reading...

 

Summers are for reading (programs)

Schools and nonprofit groups try to combat loss of reading skills

JULY 7, 2011 12:51 p.m. (0)

Research has shown time and time again that reading is the key to academic success even in subjects such as math and science.

But many elementary school teachers are required to take just one class in how to teach reading, putting them at a disadvantage when it comes to teaching the struggling readers who need the instruction the most.

And, to top it off, many struggling readers have little or no access to books on their reading level in subjects in which they are interested.  Continue reading...