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Wake up and read

Promoting childhood literacy

Presentation to the Wake County Board of EducationFebruary 2, 2016

THE MISSIONA collaborative effort toEngage and educate Wake County about the importance of childhood literacyIncrease access to literacy resources and opportunities for all children

THE VISIONEvery child in Wake County will be inspired, equipped, and empowered to read.Read! Talk! Play! School Every Day!

Affiliated with the Campaign for Grade-level reading

June 2015Honored asa Community Solutions pacesetter for 2014 work

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS

Bonnie’s Book Foundation

Books Are MagicEl Pueblo Community OrganizationGreater Raleigh Chamber of CommerceMarbles Kids MuseumMetaMetricsNorth Carolina State UniversityMothereadReach Out and ReadRead and FeedSASUnited Way of the Greater TriangleUnivision 40 and Teletutura 40.2Wake AEYCWake Communities in Schools

Wake County Libraries

Wake

County PTA

Wake County

SmartStart

Wake Education Partnership

Wake County Public School

System

Board

of

Education

ESL

Grants

Literacy

Early Learning

Project Enlightenment

Social Work

Title

I

Women’s Club of Raleigh

YMCA of the Triangle

LEADERSHIP

Books are Magic, Jane Small

Marbles Kids Museum, Hardin

Engelhardt

Motheread

, Carolyn

Dickens

Reach

Out and Read, Carolyn

Merrifield

Wake County Libraries, Mike

Wasilick

Wake Education

Partnership,

Teresa

Pierrie

Wake County

SmartStart

Wake

County Public School System

Counseling

and Student

Services,

Darlene

Johnson

Early Learning,

Dawn

Dawson

Grants, Angie

Wright

Literacy,

Sherri Miller

WUAR Administrator,

Elizabeth

Santana

The Three Pillars

SCHOOL READINESS

Received a WAKE County

SmartStart

Grant

SUMMER LEARNING LOSS

Received a United Way of Greater Triangle Grant

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

School Readiness action team

Coordinates WAKE Up and Read efforts focused on enhancing school readiness for children birth-5Identify all early childhood education providers in Wake County and coordinate a community awareness campaign and professional developmentProvide books to children in targeted childcare and community centers near identified WCPSS schools through a community-wide book drive

School Attendance action team

Coordinates WAKE Up and Read efforts focused on reducing school absenceCreate an attendance message to give to parents when they register their childEstablish a baseline of organizations that currently include messages to families about attendance as it relates to academic achievement

Marketing & communications action team

Coordinates

WAKE Up and

Read efforts

to

spread

the word about all pillars of our

work

Create

cohesive messaging and

communication

strategies for school readiness, summer learning loss, and attendance

Secure publicity for book drive

Lead social media efforts and drive public

awareness

Twitter:

WAKE Up and Read@Literacy4Wake

WAKE

Up

Wednesdays

Literacy tips are sent out every Wednesday through Twitter

Follow on Twitter #

ReadTalkPlay

Summer Learning Loss action team

Coordinates WAKE Up and Read efforts

focused on combating summer learning loss

Support the Book Drive Committee which provides 10 books to every student in 10 high-poverty schools before summer/track-out breaks

Survey families attending literacy events at the 10 schools about awareness of strategies for supporting literacy

Develop print and online resources for literacy strategies for families of elementary-aged children

Summer Learning Loss

2015 Book Drive Successes

Collected: 115,000 books through 150 collection sites

Distributed books to 9 elementary schools, 20 child care facilities, and 9 community centers

Impacted

at least 7,200 children (

5,950

WCPSS students and

1,250

childcare children)

400+ volunteers contributed over

1,000

hours of time

READING kids!

Happy kids!

Grateful kids!

2016 WAKE Up and Read Annual Book Drive 110,000 BOOKS 10 SCHOOLS 10 BOOKS FOR EVERY CHILDGoal: 110,000 books in 1 monthFebruary 1 – February 29Books for children ages birth – 12Distribution at 10 schools and nearby childcare and community centers

2016 Book Drive – Get Involved!

Visit

www.wakeupandread.org

to sign up as collection partner, volunteer, or sponsor

Donate new or gently-used books

Share a

WAKE

Up and

Read

selfie

using

#

WUARBookDrive

Spread

the

word using the 2016 Toolkit!

2016 Book Drive

Book storage and sorting will be at Cary Towne Center in the former Sears store

Other Upcoming Events:Letterland at Pullen Park Saturday, May 14 from 10:00 – 4:00 p.m.Office of Early Learning Pre-K ScreeningsJanuary – May (daily in OEL Assessment Center)Saturday, April 16 – Forestville ElementarySaturday, May 7 – Powell ElementaryMarbles Year-Round Kick-Off to Kindergarten Thursday, June 23 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.Marbles Traditional Kick-Off to KindergartenSaturday, August 20 from 9:00 – 5:00 p.m.

WUAR Contacts Dawn Dawsondddawson@wcpss.net or (919) 588-3373Sherri Millersmiller@wcpss.net or (919) 533-7284Elizabeth Santanaesantana@wcpss.net or (919) 694-8755Angie Wrightawright@wcpss.net or (919) 533-7722 www.wakeupandread.org