Summer Warm Up to Read Program is heating up

Thursday, June 29, 2006

It’s not too late to join the Warm Up to Read Program, which commenced nearly two weeks ago.

The program, a collaboration between the Detroit Public Schools and the Detroit Public Library system, rewards children for reading during the summer. Activities are held at public library branches throughout the city. Each branch gives away prizes to children for reading during the summer and for participating in the activities.

To participate, go to your local public library, sign up for a library card and register for the Summer Warm Up to Read Program. Children who keep up their reading during the summer are more likely to excel in school and on standardized examinations like the MEAP.

The program’s recommended summer reading list is posted on the District’s website (www.detroitk12.org). For more information, please contact your local library.



About the Detroit Public Schools
The Detroit Public Schools, founded in 1842, is one of the nation’s largest public school systems. Detroit Public Schools is a school district of choice and is open to children who live outside the city. The District offers numerous competitive academic and career technical programs.

Among these world-class programs are the Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural School, Michigan’s only public school of its kind; Davis Aerospace, one of few college prep high schools in the country where students can obtain a pilot’s license; the Detroit School of the Arts, a multiple award winning performing arts high school; and Crockett Technical High School, a digital technology high school.

For more information about the District, visit our website at www.detroitk12.org.