Promoting Literacy - An Idea

Just READ!

      Remember those super awesome READ posters from the American Library Association that used to hang on the walls of what was known, then, as the library?  Celebrities, politicians, famous teachers, historical figures were all into the hype of reading.  They showed their support by posing, with book in hand, to promote reading throughout schools.  While it is not often, at least in my media center, that I see one of these posters, they are still relevant to creating a culture of literacy.

Promote a Culture of Literacy

My school district is celebrating Literacy Day tomorrow, September 7, 2012 to support one of the districts major goals - "90% of all third graders reading on grade level by 2018".  Sponsored in part by The Learning Alliance, Literacy Day is an opportunity for all schools to showcase how they are promoting literacy within their school culture.

An Idea!

Vero Beach High School will be celebrating Literacy Day by having READ posters displayed around the school.  Two of our Reading teachers sent letters and emails to local and national leaders asking for a quote about reading and a .jpg.  From there, I uploaded the pictures to Photobucket, edited the pictures using Photobucket's editing tools and then ordered board poster prints from Walgreens.

Here are the finished products!

Literacy Week is usually celebrated in January here in Florida.  But, we got a jump start on our celebration early!  The plan is to have more posters of more local leaders and maybe even the President to help us promote and celebrate literacy all year long!