SCHOOL RECEIVES NEW READING GRANT

May 2003 - St. Elizabeth School recently received a grant from First Book - New York City to help promote reading in our primary grades. The school will receive $2240 in books for students in grades pre-kindergarten through three.

The nearly 900 books will be used to expand classroom libraries to promote interest in reading for pleasure, and at the end of the school year the books will be distributed to the students to help establish their own home libraries.

First Book is a national non-profit organization that distributes free, brand-new books. Under the framework of the program, we will be able to design and order our own literary collections.

This grant augments an already very comprehensive reading program that integrates literacy across the curriculum. It follows a three-year Library Connections grant from the Archdiocesan Patrons Program to expand and automate the school library collection.