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Governor Fallin and State Superintendent Barresi
Launch Read 5 for Summer Program
OKLAHOMA CITY (May 3, 2013) – Governor Mary Fallin and State Superintendent
Janet Barresi kicked off the State Department of Education’s 2013 Summer
Reading Program – Read 5 for Summer on Friday morning. Surrounded by students, parents and educators
from Putnam City’s James L. Dennis Elementary School at one of the state’s
newest libraries -- the Patience
S. Latting Northwest Library in Oklahoma City – everyone left ready to find
five good books this summer.
“Reading is a
skill children must have to be successful in school and in life,” Governor
Fallin said. “I’m supporting this summer reading challenge – Read 5 for Summer
– because I know it will help children sharpen their reading skills and be
ready to continue learning when they return to school in the fall.”
State Superintendent
Janet Barresi said, “Reading at least five books at the appropriate reading
level will help children avoid the summer learning slip. Literacy is the
foundation for all other learning success. I’m grateful to our school and
public librarians, our teachers and our parents who are helping us with this
program. The result will be children who become lifelong readers.”
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