Additional information about summer literacy initiatives can be found here. If your business is interested in becoming a location for books to be collected, please email Megan Diver at will be distributed to students directly through their schools and at local meal sites throughout the summer. We are seeking community drop off spots at local employers throughout the 16 counties.
If interested in supporting this effort, please email Megan Diver at Book Donations: Gently used books are also needed across Maine. A $5000 donation can support 1500 books for 500 students. For example, a $1000 donation can support 300 books for 100 students. If interested in supporting this effort, please email Katherine at Books: This company has offered significant discounts to help get books to Maine students. Teachers across Maine will help coordinate book distribution to students. Every donation will be matched by the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein up to $5,000. Every $10 donation provides a book for a Maine student. You can purchase an online or physical gift card at one of Maine's independent bookstores. Here are a few ways you can support Maine students:Ģ020 Maine Books Challenge: Educate Maine is leading this initiative to provide students with books while supporting local bookstores. We need your help to ensure students across our 16 counties have access to books, an essential commodity. Not only does summer reading enable students to continue practicing foundational skills, but it opens the world to students through stories and knowledge building around topics of interest.
Providing students with appropriate books will help address this challenge. Summer slide accounts for as much as 85 percent of the reading achievement gap between lower income students and their middle- and upper-income peers. In addition to the school year disruption, student achievement often widens during the summer, an outcome referred to as summer slide. Making certain that our students, particularly our youngest readers, have easy access to books during the end of the school year and throughout the summer is crucial for preventing summer slide.Įven with yeoman-like efforts by Maine teachers and a hands-on approach from the Maine Department of Education to ensure all Maine students have been able to continue learning remotely during the pandemic, we know that learning over these past few months has inevitably been disrupted. Supporting reading is essential for students to continue to thrive in schools. Books were highlighted as a top priority for students of all ages. Maine educators were recently surveyed about critical needs of their students.
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