Rancho Mirage
January 31, 2008
A press and photo op was held to publicize the good news and team effort displayed by the students of MWPV School, who donated 2,000 books to be given to the students of the BookPALS schools. Below is a photo taken that day at the school.
(L-R) Anita Rufus of Palm Desert, ShepSaunders of
Palm Springs, Denise DuBarry Hay of La Quinta,
Jed Allan of Palm Desert, and T.R. Britton
On March 25, Marywood Palm Valley School was presented with a "Certificate of Appreciation" by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
Carrie Stone, Community Projects Coordinator,
and Vincent E. Downey, Head of School, accept
the award on behalf of MWPV.
BOOKPALS WORKSHOP
Rancho Mirage
February 9, 2008, the fourth BookPALS Workshop was held in the Coachella Valley. Jan Powell, National BookPALS Program Director, led the workshop at the Rancho Mirage Library. Interested writers and actors were present to learn about the program and to read at one of the BookPALS schools.
DR. SEUSS' BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED!
"Read Across America"
BUBBLING WELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
March 5, 2008
At Bubbling Wells Elementary School in Desert Hot Springs, BookPALS enthusiastically joined in to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday as part of "Read Across America" week. Children from Marywood-Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage helped to distribute books to students in the BookPALS classrooms.
BookPALS (top row L-R) Peter Fredric of Palm Springs,
Jackie Roach of Thousands Palms, Perry Wood of
Cathedral City & Patricia Rothman of Palm Desert.
The community came together to bring the joy of reading to the Desert Hot Springs school. Six MWPV students representing the 3rd, 4th & 5th grade classes, assisted the Dr. Seuss-costumed readers in passing out the books they collected.
Bubbling Wells second grade student receives,
"The Cat in the Hat Comes Back," from Dr. Seuss
helper.
BookPAL, Patricia Rothman, and student helper
prepare to read, "Horton Hears a Who" to
Mrs. Mattison's 4th grade class.
DR. REYNALDO J. CARREON, JR. ACADEMY
Dr. Seuss' Birthday BookPALS
March 7, 2008
Located in Indio, Carreon Academy was the first school to join the BookPALS program.
Visiting the 4th grade classes every week is great pleasure for this school's BookPALS. When the readers visited during "Read Across America" Week, books were handed out to every student in the BookPALS classroom, inscribed with a personal note to each student by their BookPAL. This photo demonstrates how much fun was had by all.
Hamming it up for the camera are BookPALS (L-R)
Barbara Long of Rancho Mirage, Marv Rand of
Palm Desert, Lauretta Blake of La Quinta, and
Don Burns of Indian Wells.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Palm Desert - March 7, 2008
BookPALS made a special effort to provide reading to Abraham Lincoln Elementary in Palm Desert. With short notice, four readers were ready to step in and help students celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday in the classrooms by reading, "Horton Hears a Who?" It was a welcome reprieve after an important period of testing in the classrooms.
(L-R) Judy Bell of Palm Springs, Denise DuBarry Hay
of La Quinta, Shep Saunders of Palm Springs, and
Judy Steinberg of Palm Desert prepare to read to
eight 4th grade classes.
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