Literacy Programs - Reading is Fun!

To ensure that each student succeeds as a reader, Irvington has a reading specialist on staff who gives focused attention to children who need extra help. Irvington also benefits from two excellent literacy programs: ## SMART (Start Making a Reader Today) ## SMART is an early literacy program, founded in 1991 and run by the Oregon Children's foundation. The SMART premise is that every child can learn to read, and the job of educating Oregon's children belongs to all of us. SMART works because it provides kids with the two things they need most to learn to read: adult attention and books. Each SMART volunteer reads with two children for a half-hour each, one hour a week during the school year. SMART also gives participating students two new books each month to take home, keep, and read with their families. Contact: Donna Hughey 916-6185 or visit ## Reading is Fundamental (RIF) ## RIF is the nation's oldest and largest non-profit children's literacy program. RIF's mission is to ensure that every child believes in the value of books and the importance of reading. Three times a year, Irvington's RIF program allows each student to select a new, free book to help build his/her own home library. The Scholastic Book Sale held in November provides funding for our RIF program. Volunteers are needed to coordinate the ordering and distribution of books and to staff the three RIF distributions and the annual book sale. Contact: Margaret Morton 503 282 7598 or mmorton47@comcast.net

Last updated by mmorton on Oct 26, 2007 at 12:15 PM

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