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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">I am forwarding this reminder on behalf of Stephanie Swetland who coordinates the Reading is an Investment program. I asked for clarification, and Oregon homeschoolers
and students in private schools are eligible to participate. -- Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">There’s still time to participate in this year’s Reading is an Investment program, which runs through April 30 and is a great way to
encourage students to read. All participating students receive a prize packet, and parent/guardians who submit an entry form/reading log on behalf of a child are automatically entered into a drawing to win one of 50 Oregon College Savings Plan accounts, worth
$529 each.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">Sponsored by the Oregon College Savings Plan, the program aims to promote literacy and financial education among K-5 elementary students
in Oregon. Each year, two books are featured, and this year’s titles are <b><i>Earning Excitement</i></b> by Paul Nourigat and
<b><i>Isabel’s Car Wash</i></b> by Sheila Bair. Lesson plans are available for use in the classroom, and teachers can access them and the recommended reading list at
<a href="http://www.readingisaninvestment.com/"><span style="color:#403152">ReadingIsAnInvestment.com</span></a>. </span><span style="color:#403152"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">The biggest program component is encouraging kids to read or be read to. Students track their time in increments of 20 (read-to-me
kids) or 40 (independent readers) minutes. To be eligible for one of the $529 Oregon College Savings Plan accounts,
<b>entries must be postmarked by April 30 and received by May 5, 2014. </b>The schools of winning entrants will also receive $500.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">Spanish entry forms are available online. To access them or get more information about the Reading is an Investment program, please
visit </span><span style="color:#403152"><a href="http://ReadingIsAnInvestment.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">ReadingIsAnInvestment.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">. If you have any questions or need additional
information, please contact Stephanie Swetland at 503.373.1903 or </span><span style="color:#403152"><a href="mailto:reading.investment@ost.state.or.us"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">reading.investment@ost.state.</span><span style="color:#403152">or</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">.
</span><span style="color:#403152"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">Financial literacy is emphasized in the Oregon Social Sciences Standards</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">
which were adopted in 2011: </span><span style="color:#403152"><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1802"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1802</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403152">
These are the three core financial literacy standards, which are then more specific by grade level:</span><span style="color:#403152"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Acquire the knowledge and economic reasoning skills to make sound personal financial decisions to meet long and short term goals.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Understand and apply key concepts of personal income potential, risk management, and investment.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Examine individual responsibility and the impact of decisions on personal, local, regional, national and global economies.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">Stephanie Swetland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">529 Plan Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">Oregon 529 College Savings Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">Tel: 503-373-1903<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">Fax: 503-373-7933<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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