{"id":261,"date":"2016-12-21T14:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/?p=261"},"modified":"2016-12-21T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:58:15","slug":"willow-brook-elementary-school-receives-scholastic-reading-club-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/2016\/12\/21\/willow-brook-elementary-school-receives-scholastic-reading-club-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Brook Elementary School Receives Scholastic Reading Club Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oak Ridge, TN \u2013 November 18, 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Willow Brook Elementary School received a grant today from bestselling author James Patterson<\/strong> to support its school library. In addition, Scholastic Reading Club<\/strong> will match each dollar of Patterson\u2019s donation with \u201cbonus points\u201d that teachers can use to acquire books and other materials for their classrooms. Willow Brook was selected amongst thousands of applications for funding grants. To learn more, listen to Patterson\u2019s exclusive interview about the critical need for school libraries on the \u201cScholastic Reads\u201d podcast: oomscholasticblog.com\/podcast\/james-patterson-loves-libraries<\/a><\/p>\n

James Patterson and Scholastic Reading Club announced in March 2016 that Patterson would donate $1.75 million to save school libraries nationwide in the second installment of his School Library Campaign. As part of an ongoing effort to keep books and reading a number one priority in the United States, selected school libraries will be receiving grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. Since the grant program\u2019s launch in 2015, Patterson has donated $3.5 million to school libraries nationwide, with all funds are being personally donated by Patterson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to James Patterson and Scholastic, every single child at Willow Brook will get a free book to take home for the summer,\u201d reports Lisa Meidl, school librarian.\u00a0\u201cIn addition, we will be able to use the matching Scholastic points to increase the number of high-interest books in our library.\u00a0 Our students will be thrilled!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cWe\u2019ve just come out of the most divisive presidential election in history \u2013 and among all the issues that captivated voters, education wasn\u2019t one of them. It was hardly discussed,\u201d says Patterson. \u201cNearly half of the American population reads at or below a basic level, and we need to address that problem to foster an informed future electorate. I\u2019ve made it my mission to underscore the vital role reading plays in children\u2019s lives, and the need to sustain school libraries is at the heart of that mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cLast year\u2019s \u2018Patterson Pledge\u2019 showed communities nationwide how important school libraries are, but also how gravely desperate they are for books to fill their shelves in the midst of steep budget cuts,\u201d said Judy Newman, President of Scholastic Reading Club.\u00a0 The amazing outpouring from schools combined with the continued generosity of James Patterson helped us solidify a second year of grants to help more children have access to high-quality books and, ultimately, revive school libraries. We are proud to announce this year\u2019s new grant recipients and thank James Patterson for his continued personal commitment to save school libraries.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the first-ever partnership of its kind, Patterson joined forces with Scholastic Reading Club to administer funding applications to their network of 62,000 schools and 800,000 teachers. Schools entering were asked to share the story of their school library, including past efforts to make improvements and \u201cgreat ideas to help create a brighter future.\u201d Patterson personally read and selected the winning recipients of the grants. Based on past winners, school libraries across the country have been using\u00a0 this funding to purchase new books, add bookshelves, make improvements to their catalog systems, and expand their programing The full list of grant recipients is available online at http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/pattersonpartnership\/recipients<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To learn more, go to mediaroom.scholastic.com\/scholasticreadingclub<\/a> and follow #PattersonPledge on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oak Ridge, TN \u2013 November 18, 2016 \u2013 Willow Brook Elementary School received a grant today from bestselling author James Patterson to support its school library. In addition, Scholastic Reading Club will match each dollar of Patterson\u2019s donation with \u201cbonus points\u201d that teachers can use to acquire books and other materials for their classrooms. Willow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}