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SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUBS’ CLASSROOMSCARE INVITES AMERICA’S STUDENTS TO JOIN THE “UNITED STATES OF
READING” TO
GIVE BOOKS TO KIDS IN NEED
More Than 10 Million
Books Donated to Children In Need Through ClassroomsCare
Program Since 2001
NEW YORK, N.Y. – This Fall, students in classrooms across the
country are once again being challenged to read to help kids in need. By participating in Scholastic Book Clubs’ ClassroomsCare program, a
philanthropy-based literacy campaign designed to teach children about the joys
and importance of reading and giving, students are helping others while they
help themselves – and learning how important it is to read everyday to lead a
better life.
This school year, the ClassroomsCare
theme is “United States of Reading.” With the help of teachers nationwide, Scholastic
Book Clubs is challenging students to read 10 books per student per classroom triggering
a donation of one million books to kids in need from Scholastic Book Clubs. To
get the books to children who need them, ClassroomsCare
partners with major charities that play a key role. Reach Out and Read®
provides books to the nation’s youngest children via pediatricians who work at
clinics and in hospitals, and helps parents make books part of their children’s
daily lives. Save the Children® reaches children in rural areas who
may not have the resources or access to books they need. And this year ClassroomsCare is adding a new partner,
The Pajama Program, a non-profit that helps distribute books and pajamas to
children in more than thirty states, from preschool through teen. With each
program Scholastic carefully selects books that are age-appropriate and
engaging for the recipient.
Since 2001, Scholastic Book Clubs’ ClassroomsCare literacy program has put more than 10 million books
in the hands of kids who might otherwise not have access to books. Resources on
the ClassroomsCare website, along
with posts on the Scholastic
Book Clubs Facebook page and Book
Talk blog, will provide teachers with news, tips, activities, quizzes and
chance to engage with peers in every state.
“I smile every time I hear
about a school where, through their
generosity and hard work, students are making a difference and improving the
lives of others by participating in ClassroomsCare,”
said Judy Newman, President of Scholastic Book Clubs. “In
order to better prepare the children of the 21st Century to live
complete and successful lives, we need to energize them to read more books, and
read everyday. And showing children that
their hard work pays off and they can make a difference in the lives of others
is motivating and important as they grow up. Through ClassroomsCare,
students aren't just reading, they're reading to give."
Classrooms
keep track of books read on a poster, student bookmarks and online, and then tell Scholastic when they’ve finished. Any
books kids read in the classroom, with their parents or on their own count
toward the goal. Teachers also can use lesson plans and activities available at
http://classroomscare.scholastic.com
to incorporate this program into their curriculum.
The
numbers tell the story – since 2001:
29,845,600* - kids have read for ClassroomsCare
10,250,000 - books have been donated to
charities through ClassroomsCare
1,218,785 -
classrooms have participated in ClassroomsCare
125,291,522 - total books have been read because
of ClassroomsCare
*The number of kids who have read for
ClassroomsCare was calculated by multiplying the number of participating
classrooms by 25.
The
ClassroomsCare literacy campaign is open to classrooms
nationwide through Scholastic Book Clubs
catalogues and the Scholastic web site. Teachers can log onto the ClassroomsCare website to keep track of their class’s progress as
well as their state’s progress. Students, teachers and parents are invited to
go onto the site to see how the reading is making a difference.
For over 60 years, Scholastic Book Clubs have
provided monthly catalogues offering top quality books and reading materials
from all publishers to teachers in pre-school through junior high. Scholastic
Book Clubs reach over one million teachers each month, providing the most
sought-after titles at affordable prices for children in classrooms nationwide. The ClassroomsCare campaign is available
to teachers and classrooms who participate in Scholastic Book Clubs: FireflyÒ Book Club for
preschoolers; SeesawÒ Book Club for
kindergarten and grade 1; LuckyÒ Book Club for grades
2-3; ArrowÒ Book Club for grades 4-6; and TABÒ
Book Club for grades 7 and up. Scholastic Book Clubs is
a division of Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing,
education and media company.
For
more information about Scholastic or ClassroomsCare, visit our Media Room at http://mediaroom.scholastic.com.
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