Presentation to the Wake County Board of Education
February 2, 2016
THE MISSION
A collaborative effort to
• Engage and educate Wake
County about the importance of
childhood literacy
• Increase access to literacy
resources and opportunities for
all children
THE VISION
Every child in Wake County will be
inspired, equipped, and
empowered to read.
Read! Talk! Play! School Every Day!
AFFILIATED WITH
THE CAMPAIGN FOR GRADE-LEVEL READING
JUNE 2015
HONORED AS
A COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS PACESETTER
FOR 2014 WORK
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS
Bonnie’s Book Foundation
Books Are Magic
El Pueblo Community Organization
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Marbles Kids Museum
MetaMetrics
North Carolina State University
Motheread
Reach Out and Read
Read and Feed
SAS
United Way of the Greater Triangle
Univision 40 and Teletutura 40.2
Wake AEYC
Wake Communities in Schools
Wake County Libraries
Wake County PTA
Wake County SmartStart
Wake Education Partnership
Wake County Public School System
• Board of Education
• ESL
• Grants
• Literacy
• Early Learning
• Project Enlightenment
• Social Work
• Title I
Women’s Club of Raleigh
YMCA of the Triangle
LEADERSHIP
Books are Magic, Jane Small
Marbles Kids Museum, Hardin Engelhardt
Motheread, Carolyn Dickens
Reach Out and Read, Carolyn Merrifield
Wake County Libraries, Mike Wasilick
Wake Education Partnership, Teresa Pierrie
Wake County SmartStart
Wake County Public School System
• Counseling and Student Services, Darlene Johnson
• Early Learning, Dawn Dawson
• Grants, Angie Wright
• Literacy, Sherri Miller
• WUAR Administrator, Elizabeth Santana
THE THREE PILLARS
SCHOOL READINESS
• Received a WAKE County SmartStart Grant
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS
• Received a United Way of Greater Triangle
Grant
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL READINESS ACTION TEAM
Coordinates WAKE Up and Read efforts
focused on enhancing school readiness for
children birth-5
•Identify all early childhood education providers in
Wake County and coordinate a community
awareness campaign and professional
development
•Provide books to children in targeted childcare
and community centers near identified WCPSS
schools through a community-wide book drive
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ACTION TEAM
Coordinates WAKE Up and Read efforts
focused on reducing school absence
•Create an attendance message to give to parents
when they register their child
•Establish a baseline of organizations that
currently include messages to families about
attendance as it relates to academic
achievement
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS ACTION TEAM
Coordinates WAKE Up and Read efforts to
spread the word about all pillars of our work
•Create cohesive messaging and communication
strategies for school readiness, summer learning
loss, and attendance
•Secure publicity for book drive
•Lead social media efforts and drive public
awareness
TWITTER:
WAKE UP AND READ@LITERACY4WAKE
WAKE Up Wednesdays
•Literacy tips are sent out every Wednesday
through Twitter
•Follow on Twitter #ReadTalkPlay
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS ACTION TEAM
Coordinates WAKE Up and Read efforts
focused on combating summer learning loss
•Support the Book Drive Committee which provides
10 books to every student in 10 high-poverty schools
before summer/track-out breaks
•Survey families attending literacy events at the 10
schools about awareness of strategies for supporting
literacy
•Develop print and online resources for literacy
strategies for families of elementary-aged children
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS
2015 Book Drive Successes
• Collected: 115,000 books through 150
collection sites
• Distributed books to 9 elementary schools,
20 child care facilities, and 9 community
centers
• Impacted at least 7,200 children (5,950
WCPSS students and 1,250 childcare
children)
• 400+ volunteers contributed over 1,000
hours of time
Happy kids!
READING kids!
Grateful kids!
2016 WAKE Up and Read Annual Book Drive
110,000 BOOKS 10 SCHOOLS 10 BOOKS FOR EVERY CHILD
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Goal: 110,000 books in 1 month
February 1 – February 29
Books for children ages birth – 12
Distribution at 10 schools and
nearby childcare and community
centers
2016 Book Drive – Get Involved!
• Visit www.wakeupandread.org to sign up
as collection partner, volunteer, or
sponsor
• Donate new or gently-used books
• Share a WAKE Up and Read selfie using
#WUARBookDrive
• Spread the word using the 2016 Toolkit!
2016 Book Drive
Book storage and sorting will be at Cary
Towne Center in the former Sears store
Other Upcoming Events:
Letterland at Pullen Park
Saturday, May 14 from 10:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Office of Early Learning Pre-K Screenings
January – May (daily in OEL Assessment Center)
Saturday, April 16 – Forestville Elementary
Saturday, May 7 – Powell Elementary
Marbles Year-Round Kick-Off to Kindergarten
Thursday, June 23 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Marbles Traditional Kick-Off to Kindergarten
Saturday, August 20 from 9:00 – 5:00 p.m.
WUAR Contacts
Dawn Dawson
dddawson@wcpss.net or (919) 588-3373
Sherri Miller
smiller@wcpss.net or (919) 533-7284
Elizabeth Santana
esantana@wcpss.net or (919) 694-8755
Angie Wright
awright@wcpss.net or (919) 533-7722
www.wakeupandread.org