http://www.kernreadingassociation.org/ en-us Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:44:40 GMT Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:44:40 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss UserLand Frontier v9.5 http://www.kernreadingassociation.org/2005/09/11 <img src="http://wwwStatic.kern.org/images/kernreading/frontimage.jpg" height="133" width="185" align="right" alt="frontimage: " border="0"><p><b>Our Mission:</b><br>The mission of the Kern Reading Association (KRA) is to increase literacy by improving all aspects of reading instruction in local schools, supporting community-wide reading endeavors, and representing the purposes of the California and International Reading Associations. </p><p> <b>Activities of the Kern Reading Association Include:</b> <ul> <li>Sponsoring an annual conference to promote quality language arts instruction for students (K-12)</li> <li>Distributing quarterly newsletter</li> <li>Donating books to areas of need locally, nationally, and internationally.</li> <li>Hosting yearly Young Authors’ Fair & providing students with an audience for their published work and an opportunity to meet outstanding professional authors and illustrators.</li> <li>Awarding Literacy Grants and Scholarships to recognize innovative literacy instruction. </li> <li>Hosting yearly Book Talk Tea to celebrate literacy and encourage KRA/CRA membership.</li> <li>Co-sponsoring a summer reading program for Kern County students.</li> </ul> </p> 66e21746e3159de80a3d46c0f2bc8fac KCSOS Webteam