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Turning pages to spark imagination right here in our neighborhood.
Last time I was at Riley Elementary, I told you about their new C grade they’d received from the Florida Department of Education and their plans to grow as a school. Now, I’m finding out how fostering a love of reading is playing a role in helping them achieve these goals.
“Whenever you’re bored you can just read something. And I like to play class, so I read it to my class,” said Queen, a student here.
They love reading so much that even their imaginations are centered around the classroom.
That’s a love their strengthening with the help of books they’re picking up this week thanks to Scripps and ABC 27’s “If you Give a Child a Book” Campaign.
Gladys Calloway, Academic Dean, said these books enable them to build their own library at home, strengthening the connection between home and school.
“They’re able to choose books and read on a daily basis,” said Calloway.