CLiF’s Year of the Book provides $25,000 worth of literacy programs, support, and new children’s books over one school year to help build a culture of literacy in elementary schools across New Hampshire and Vermont.
Donor Name: Children’s Literacy Foundation
States: Vermont, New Hampshire
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $1000
Details:
This program targets schools that have a high percentage of students receiving free/reduced lunch and students scoring below proficient in literacy assessments.
Goals of Year of the Book
- Supplement elementary schools’ existing efforts to create a pro-literacy culture in the school community
- Encourage enthusiasm for books among students from preschool to grade 6
- Inspire students to read and write for pleasure
- Support educators’ literacy curricula and creative integration of literacy into all areas of study
- Ensure all children have a collection of high-quality books of their own at home
- Get parents/caregivers more involved in their children’s literacy activities and encourage more reading at home
Activities and Support
Each sponsored school receives:
- $25,000 worth of literacy programming and books
- A wide variety of literacy-related programs that will take place during the school year, and several other forms of support
- 10 new, high-quality children’s books for each student to keep and to select from hundreds of inspiring titles
- CLiF support in arranging logistics, integrating low-cost literacy programs into the school year, networking with past and present school coordinators, and accessing additional CLiF resources
Eligibility Criteria
Public elementary schools located in New Hampshire or Vermont with:
- At least 35% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch.
- At least 30% of students scoring below proficient on reading and writing assessments.
- Students in grades preK-6
- An enthusiastic and organized individual to serve as a local coordinator and to collaborate with CLiF on planning, organizing, and scheduling Year of the Book events (small stipend provided).
- CLiF will partner with schools of all sizes, but CLiF programming has the greatest positive impact when it serves no more than 250 students. CLiF will ask schools with over 250 students which grades they will choose to serve. The children served by the grant should represent more than 50% of the K-6 student body. CLiF can not serve schools with 75 or fewer students.
For more information, visit Year of the Book.
