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Starkville teachers to receive Bebe Freeman Fund grants |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 |
 Photo submitted Mrs. Larks’ class at Henderson reading together, including Terrigin Dixon, Jonathan Brandon, Brian Bonds, Ireon Bell, Mrs. Jeanine Lark, Patrick Bell and Amari Harris By Harry Freeman
For the Starkville Daily News
Starkville Reads has awarded grants from the Bebe Freeman Fund to two more teachers in the Starkville Public School System.
Jeanine Lark at Henderson Intermediate School, and Debbie Vanderford at Ward-Stewart Elementary School received the grants to support innovative projects to encourage reading.
Lark’s project entitled “To Infinity and Beyond” is a project to not only encourage students to develop more of an appreciation for reading but also to inspire students to consider spaceflight related careers.
Among the creative aspects for the project is a field trip to Mississippi State University for students to fly a rocket they have constructed
Vanderford’s project, “Developing Reading Fluency in a Fun Way,” is to encourage better reading skills through the use of self recordings, readers theaters, and repeated readings with recorded media. According to Vandeford, students can improve their skills by hearing themselves reading and having recorded books available to guide them as they read.
These two grants are among six grants awarded by Starkville Reads in 2009.
Funds for the grants were provided by The Bebe Freeman Fund, a memorial fund established by friends of Bebe Freeman following her death in November of 2007.
Nancy Hargrove, President of Starkville Reads said, “We are encouraged to see Starkville Public School teachers initiating such creative projects. We are glad to be able to help support reading in the schools, and we look forward to continuing our cooperative efforts with the Starkville schools in the future.”
For more information about Starkville Reads, go to the website at www.starkvillereads.org.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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