Spring High School venue for public forum on literacy

  • 2017-11-09
On November 2, a public forum attended by trustees from five area school districts was held at Spring High School to strategize on improving literacy rates.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.’s Omicron Tau Omega Chapter hosted the event, which Justin Durant, a Spring ISD Trustee, helped to organize. Over 50 people attended the event called Bridging the Gap, among which were school administrators, parents, and members of the community.

Among the ideas batted about were setting up free libraries in barbershops or other places outside of schools, and setting up summer reading camps. Some libraries and schools looking to generate excitement about reading is to use literacy Promotional Products as prizes for attending a level of reading or for the number of Books read.

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District President Darcy Mingoia expounded on the reason for the forum this way:

“We want to improve reading levels and decrease the summer slide. We’ve seen a lot of success with the camps.”

Chris Bell, a Spring ISD Trustee brought up ‘Literacy Applied’, a new literacy initiative the district has implemented. ‘Literacy Applied’ focuses on reading in all content areas, as well as mandating a specific amount of time per day for literacy-related activities.

Also mentioned were Spring ISD’s literacy events such as Winter Wonderland, held each year in December, where every child received a book to take home.

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