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The generous support of our business community helped to
make our Literacy Day a success last year. Emerald
High School, Greenwood High School,
Genesis Education Center,
and
G. Frank Russell Career Center are collaborating again this
year to sponsor our second Summer Reading Celebration, an exciting
initiative that promotes independent reading among our students. This
reading project gives every high school student a book of choice to read
during the summer break. In order to place a free book into the hands of
every high school student in District 50, we need to meet our goal of
$20,000.00.
As you are well aware, today’s jobs demand greater literacy
skills. Reading and writing proficiencies are
critical keys to success in higher education and in the workplace. The
ongoing literacy development of adolescents in Greenwood needs as much attention as
that focused on beginning readers if our students are to meet the rising
reading requirements of the workplace.
Will you help us to reach this commitment to a literacy initiative
for older students? Your monetary
support will enable these schools to offset the cost of purchasing over
2500 novels, paying expenses of guest authors, and offering a larger
variety of reading materials in classrooms next year.
Teachers, principals, and media specialists are dedicated to
encouraging all of our youth to become lifelong readers. We invite you to get on board by
generously supporting this effort and by visiting any of the campuses and
witnessing first hand the excitement of Literacy Day, August 29, 2008.
You may access book choices at www.gwd50.org. Click on
Schools/Emerald High School/Reading List or GHS Summer Reading Power
Point. To volunteer or to receive additional information, contact Sue
Babb. To contribute, please
complete the insert.
Thank you so very much for your community spirit and your
continued support of Greenwood’s
youth.
Sincerely,
Sue T. Babb, Secondary Literacy Coach
babbs@gwd50.org or call (864) 941-3406
Literacy Day Supporters
In order to
distribute books before the end of the school year, we hope to reach our
goal and place our order by April 30th.
We will greatly appreciate your donation before that date, but we
will also welcome your contribution after that date, since our summer
reading initiative is an ongoing project.
Literacy
Day Patron Contributor: $1,000.00 +
- Business logo on
banner
- Listed in Football
Programs
- Listed on a
secondary school marquee during the month of August
- Listed in The Index Journal
- Posted on Greenwood Today
- Posted on each
school’s website
Literacy
Day Gold Contributor: $500.00 - $999.00
- Listed in Football
Programs
- Listed on a secondary
school marquee during the month of August
- Listed in The Index Journal
- Posted on Greenwood Today
- Posted on each
school’s website
Literacy
Day Silver Contributor: $250.00 - $499.00
- Listed on a
secondary school marquee during the month of August
- Listed in The Index Journal
- Posted on Greenwood Today
- Posted on each
school’s website
Literacy
Day Bronze Contributor: $100.00 - $249.00
- Listed in The Index Journal
- Posted on Greenwood Today
- Posted on each
school’s website
Other: Please
indicate amount: _______________
- Posted on each
school’s website
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Please
detach bottom portion with contributor’s name and amount
Business Name:
___________________________________________________________
Contact
Person & Telephone: _______________________________________________
Package
Selected/Amount Contributing: $
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Please make
checks payable to: Emerald High/ Greenwood
High Reading Initiative and mail to: Greenwood High School, 1816 Cokesbury Road, Greenwood,
South Carolina 29649
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