Happy new year 2009
I hope that you and your family had a joyous and restful Christmas time.
As we enter the new year, I have had a chance to reflect back on the progress our school has made this past year. I am proud of many accomplishments here at SJND. I wanted to highlight two of them.
After a full semester, our Student Independent Reading Program (SIR) has been successful at encouraging students and teachers to become lifelong readers. The feedback I have received from students and teachers has been overwhelmingly positive. To prepare for SIR, the library purchased 300 new fiction books this year. Circulation of books in our library has increased by 308% over last year, with a total of 641 books circulated this past semester. Our students are reading more and enjoying what they read, since they are able to select their SIR book on their own. Clearly, this program is successful at getting our students to read more as well as to enjoy what they read more.
The 2008-09 Annual Fund campaign, “Investing in Tomorrow’s Leaders,” kicked off in September with a goal of $290,000. With the help of many in our community, the school has raised $140,085 in Annual Fund gifts, thus far. 100% of our own faculty and staff have pledged Annual Fund gifts to the school, for a total of $7,386, a tremendous show of support on behalf of our own school, telling a strong story to our alumni, parents and friends about the importance of this fundraising initiative.
Tags: annual fund, fundraising, student independent reading, sustained silent reading
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