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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Summer is coming! When kids are out of school over the summer they can lose up to 3 months of skills they learned during the previous school year if they don’t participate
in high-quality enrichment activities such as the summer reading program at their local library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/youthsvcs/srp.certificates/dominicanstudy.pdf">
The Dominican Study: Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close the Reading Gap</a>. This study was conducted from October 2006 through September 2010 and it examined the impact of pubic library summer reading programs on achievement among 3rd and 4th grade
students. <br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">These graphics may be good to…
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Post in your library during summer reading registration/sign-ups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Share with key stakeholders in your community to encourage them to support the summer reading program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Share with parents to encourage them to help their kids participate in the summer reading program.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Share with teachers and afterschool providers so they encourage their students to participate in the summer reading program over the summer.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Katie
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">katie.anderson@state.or.us, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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