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RIMSD Hosts First-Ever Let's Read Together Event

It was a night of fun and reading!

Last night more than 100 people tuned in live on Facebook to participate in the district's first-ever Let's Read Together event.

Almost 200 students registered for the event. Children who were registered received a book and literacy kit. Then on Nov. 20, the district live-streamed two read-aloud events through the district's Facebook page. The first session was for students grades K-3rd grade. The guest teacher for this session was Bettina McWilliams from Rock Island Academy and the guest reader was Dr. Kit Evans Ford. Dr. Ford read the book The Story of Ruby Bridges.

The second session was for students 4th-6th grade. The guest teacher for this session was Julie Bustard from Eugene Field and the guest reader was RIMSD Superintendent Dr. Reginald Lawrence. Dr. Lawrence read the book Richard Wright and the Library Card.

Since the read-aloud sessions have been posted there have been more than 1,000 views and more than 600 comments, reactions, and shares on both videos!

During both sessions, families could follow along with their book at home and students had the opportunity to write in their activity journals and discuss the books. There were great discussions in both sessions! Anyone was invited to tune in to listen and join in on the discussion even if they didn't register for the event.

Throughout out the night, people had the chance to win over $500 in gift cards!

Congratulations to our winners last night:

$50

- Johanna Dusenberry
- Shahla Shakor
- Kara Meyer

- Maddie Hendrickx

- Bailee Bessert

- Tryphena Walton

$100

- Jamie Ruberg

A big thank you to Ramon Dixon, Krystall Trice, Rosaland Lee, Sarah McCoy, and Julie Smith for all their hard work in organizing this event! Also thank you to the Rock Island-Milan Education Foundation for supporting family and community engagement events!

The RIMSD Family and Community Liaison team will be hosting this event once a quarter for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year, so be on the look out for details on how to register for the next event!

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Published November 20, 2020 Print

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