By Jonathan W. Gipson
Magazine Schools Media Relations
MAGAZINE – Magazine Schools encourages students in Pre-K through 12th grades to continue reading during the summer break and provides several fun, educational, engaging opportunities for them to improve their literacy skills.
Students can participate in the “Lunch & Learn With Local Authors” series, the “Rattler Library on Wheels” Program and the “Rattler Summer Reading Challenge”. All programs are free to students and are made possible through grants written by Magazine Schools District Administrator for Federal Programs/Curriculum Karen Gipson and awarded to Magazine Schools by SOAR and Dollar General.
“Lunch & Learn With Local Authors”
Students of various grade levels are encouraged to come and listen to local authors discuss their love of writing and the art of storytelling in the fiction, nonfiction, historical and how-to/human interest genres. Lunch will be free to students 18 and under in the high school cafeteria, and free books are available.
Anita Beeler Downs, a 1981 Magazine graduate and author of “Persons of Speech” will speak to Pre-K through sixth-grade students on Tuesday, June 18, from 11 a.m.-12 p.m.The session is open to anyone wanting to attend.
Dr. Curtis Varnell, author of “Thunder Mountain: Le Magazine”, “Shadow of the Mountain” and other works, will speak to Pre-K through 12th-grade students on Thursday, July 11, from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. The session is open to anyone wanting to attend.
Janet Kirbo, a Magazine alumna and author of “A Garden Journal: This Is How I Do It”, will speak to Pre-K through 12th-grade students on Friday, July 12, from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. The session is open to anyone wanting to attend.
Mark Green, longtime Magazine basketball PA announcer and author of 32 books, will speak to seventh through 12th-grade students on Thursday, July 18, from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. The session is open to anyone wanting to attend.
“Rattler Library on Wheels”
Students keep a reading log documenting the number of minutes they read each day. A minimum of 20 minutes each day is recommended. Students reading 20 or more minutes daily will be rewarded with field trip experiences. Free Books are available in the high school cafeteria.
Tentative field trip opportunities include Mount Magazine State Park (July 12), Logan County Coal Miners Museum (July 19), Daddio’s Pinball Arcade (July 28) and Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge-Virtual (Aug. 2).
“Rattler Summer Reading Challenge”
Computers are set up in the high school cafeteria for students to take Accelerated Reader (AR) tests on their summer reading selections. Students will receive prizes for completing AR tests.
For more information on these summer reading programs, email Gipson at [email protected].
