This news came into the Tribune:
McDonald’s Owner/Operators of Arizona and the Arizona Parent Teacher Association (PTA) announced today that Mesa’s Crismon Elementary is a Readers Are Leaders Award winner, receiving a $1,000 grant for its school library.
Crismon PTA is one of 10 Arizona PTAs receiving $1,000 grants for its literacy programs from McDonald’s Readers Are Leaders Award program. The grant program provides funding for the books and reading materials for school libraries to enhance book collections and offer titles that kids will want to drop everything and read.
Applications were judged on creativity, ability to make good use of books, and solid strategy for long-term reading promotion activities.
Crismon PTA President Susan Hernandez stated that the school promotes reading and literacy primarily through its Accelerated Reading Program. The success of the program has encouraged the children to do research and learn more about various subjects.
Crismon Elementary plans to use the grant money to build its Accelerated Reading Program and purchase a variety of resource books that will inspire their students quest for knowledge.
McDonald’s and Arizona PTA began the grant program in 2007 and have since awarded $35,000 to Arizona PTA school libraries.
