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<div style="text-align: center; "><b>Order Certificates Now for Oregon’s Summer Reading Program!</b></div>
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<div>Oregon teachers and their students are invited to take part in the Oregon Summer Reading Program. The Oregon Education Association (OEA) is again providing the colorful co-signed certificates from the State Superintendent and the State Librarian. The joint
certificate includes the national <a href="http://www.cslpreads.org/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>Collaborative Summer Library Program</u></font></a> artwork.</div>
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<div>The certificates will be available through the Oregon Department of Education and at local libraries. Students may receive a certificate when they have read/listened to ten books between June 15th and September 15<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font>, 2011.
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<div>To receive an Oregon Summer Reading certificate, mail a list of the ten books signed by a parent, guardian, or teacher to the Oregon Department of Education, c/o Stephanie Parks, 255 Capitol St. NE, Salem, OR 97310. <b>Teachers and administrators may also
request ODE to send certificates for their classrooms or schools by e-mailing Stephanie at </b><a href="mailto:ode.getready@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u><b>ode.getready@state.or.us</b></u></font></a>.</div>
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<div>The 2011 Summer Reading Program theme is world culture and travel. The children's slogan is "One World, Many Stories,” and the teen slogan is "You Are Here.” The children's art, designed by Rafael Lopez, and the teen art, designed by Svetlana Chmakova,
are used with permission through Oregon Public Libraries' membership in the Collaborative Summer Library Program. </div>
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<div> The Oregon Summer Reading Program is sponsored by the following partners: Oregon Library Association (OLA), the Oregon Education Association (OEA), the Oregon State Library (OSL), and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE).</div>
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<div>Contacts: Julie Anderson (ODE) at <a href="mailto:julie.anderson@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>julie.anderson@state.or.us</u></font></a> and Katie Anderson (OSL)<font color="#1F497D"> </font>at <a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>katie.anderson@state.or.us</u></font></a><font color="#1F497D">.
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