Read Me Week February 22, 2009

Read Me Week 2009
2009 Theme: 20 Years of Reading Adventures
Celebrity Partner: Adventure Science Center
Spotlight School: Glenn Enhanced Option Elementary School

February 23 – 27
Schedule for week:

Friday, February 20 – 20th Anniversary Party for Book’em

Monday-Friday – Celebrations in schools through Middle Tennessee, 500+ volunteers reading to students in Davidson County

Friday, February 27 – Read Me Day at Glenn Enhanced Option Elementary School

During Read Me Week, everyone is invited to wear clothing
with "school appropriate" messages.
Read Me Week lets children enjoy and discover
that reading is EXCITING,
IMPORTANT and FUN!
Read Me Week is celebrated in Tennessee schools,
with scattered activity in other states.

Background
Read Me Day, which became Read Me Week, was started by (Ms.) Frankie DeWees at
East Hickman Elementary School in Lyles, Tennessee in 1986.

Book’em's purpose is to inspire a love of books and reading by putting books in the hands of Middle Tennessee children who may not have books of their own, providing reading role models and conducting special events to highlight the importance and the joy of reading. For more information, please email Martha Ann Pilcher (volunteers@bookem-kids.org),leave a message at 615-834-READ, or write to us at 421 Great Circle Road, Suite 100A, Nashville, TN 37228, www.bookem-kids.org.