Twelve senior elementary education majors appreciate the generous support of our School of Education donors who have helped to provide life-changing experiences for local children! The entire School of Education wants to thank all of our donors for making the following initiative possible.
This group of seniors delivered over 600 new books to elementary schools in the Burlington area. The project entitled, “One School, One Book,” gave each student in grades K-2 at Smith Elementary, Andrews Elementary, and Turning Point at Ray Street Academy his or her own book. This semester-long senior seminar project was designed to meet the needs of the schools’ improvement plans, which indicated two lacking areas: literacy skills and parental involvement. The teacher candidates received a $3,000 grant from the Elon School of Education’s Stewardship Committee in order to buy each student a new book. The students generated a series of questions to assist family members who would be reading the books with their children. These questions were printed (double-sided–one side in English and one in Spanish) on bookmarks placed inside each of the books. Printed at the bottom of the bookmark was a link to a website the students created that provides further resources for family members to help their children’s literacy development. When the Elon students distributed the books at the schools, they were met with excited squeals, hugs, and exclamations such as, “My very own book that I can keep forever! Thank you SO much!”
This initiative would not have been possible without the generous support of our School of Education donors. Thank you!
Seniors involved — Tabitha Core, Rachel Stannard, Emma Davis, Winna Pumhirun, Lauren Caturano, Fiona Bush, Tyler Alt, Autumn Carter, Angie Edwards, Sara Rosenthal, Julie Dennen, and Morgan Hilliker