After moving to Pitt County to be nearer to her family, lifelong educator, Laraine Jason, connected with READ ENC Community Literacy Coalition more than a year ago to offer donations of new children’s board books, which she happens to love perusing herself. Laraine’s outreach has evolved into a regular event enabling her to make a…
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Farmville Public Library Families & the ABCs of Active Reading
Thanks to an invitation from Children’s Librarian, Heather Harden, Dr. Terry Atkinson shared a read aloud with children and families at Farmville Public Library’s Storytime on June 23, 2021. In preparation for an upcoming program with the North Carolina Aquarium, the storytime included songs, fingerplays, books, and stories featuring fish and sea creatures. Dr. Atkinson…
For the Love of Reading
” Books are the closest thing we have to magic.” said Aron Daniels who was featured for their neighborhood Little Library project in Pitt County in Forsyth Woman Magazine. Here is the link to the article: https://www.forsythwoman.com/for-the-love-of-reading/
World Read Aloud Day 2020 Celebration
READ ENC’s second celebration of World Read Aloud Day included many community partners including Pitt County Schools classroom read alouds, whole school read aloud events, and two public events held at Sheppard Memorial Library and Barnes & Noble in Greenville. An afternoon celebration open to the community, including read alouds and crafts, took place…
READ ENC Book Nooks Help Turn Waiting Time into Reading Time
Because it is often hard to find time to read every day, READ ENC has partnered with area community partners to place Book Nooks in public areas where children and their families wait. A committee of volunteers led by Sarah Mitchelson, approached area pediatric healthcare providers about joining READ ENC’s Book Nook project. Multiple offices…
PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS LAUNCH SUMMER SLIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM: Community Leaders, Organizations Partner to Support Summer Reading
In collaboration with READ ENC Community Literacy Coalition, the Pitt County School District has launched a K-3 summer reading slide prevention program sponsored by Kids Read Now. In addition to funding from Pitt County Schools, community leaders, businesses, organizations, and area citizens are partnering to support the project. The Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family…
FREDI NIELSEN FEATURED AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT READ ENC SUMMER LEARNING SUMMIT
READ ENC Community Literacy Coalition, The Oakwood School, and Publix Super Marketsponsored a summit for all area summer learning providers and teachers, Friday, April 12, 9-11am in Monk Hall on the Oakwood School campus. Providing this opportunity aligned with local efforts to decrease summer learning loss further detailed in READ ENC’s Community Solutions Action Plan (https://readenc.org/csap/). In…
PITT COUNTY JOINS NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN FOR GRADE-LEVEL READING
Community Leaders, Agencies Commit to Boosting Early Literacy Greenville, NC(April 8, 2019) – Pitt County is taking a big step toward improving student success by joining the national Campaign for Grade-LevelReading(GLR Campaign), a collaborative effort to improve reading proficiency, early learning and early school success for children from low-income families. Reading proficiency by the end of…
READ ENC COMMUNITY LITERACY COALTION PUBLIC MEETING
A huge thank you to Greenville Recreation and Parks for hosting READ ENCCommunity Literacy Coalition’s public meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 at the Walter L. Stasavich Science & Nature Center at River Park North. Local school board members, library staff, childcare providers and teachers, and many other interested community members attended the meeting to hear about…