Do you enjoy listening to real authors and illustrators speak of how they do the amazing things they do? Do you collect autographed copies of books? Do you think it is important that our children are given the opportunity to be inspired by authors and illustrators?
If so, please consider joining the Clarkston Schools Spring Into Reading Committee!
Spring Into Reading (SIR) is a community committee made up of parents, teachers, media specialists, public librarians and other community members. It is affiliated with Clarkston PTA’s and PTO’s as well as the Clarkston Foundation.
The goal of the committee is to bring quality authors and illustrators to Clarkston students at their school as well as the public library.
This year, Spring Into Reading is bringing Jim Aylesworth, Deborah Morris and Neal Shusterman to the community.There is a lot of work involved in bringing these authors to Clarkston. Much needs to be done before the guests arrive, and while they are here.
Spring Into Reading also needs to begin looking at authors and illustrators for the 2006-2007 school year. Many of them book their calendars up to two years in advance!
The committee meets once a month, after school, for the majority of the school year. Meetings may become more frequent as the author visit becomes imminent; however, all attempts are made to make the meetings productive and as brief as possible.
If you think you can contribute your time and efforts to this meaningful committee, please contact Sandy Gallivan at Clarkston Elementary at 248-623-5146 or Sharon Crain at Springfield Plains Elementary at 248-623-3809 to volunteer.