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----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine McNew Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [syscon-tx] Celebrate Teen Read Week 2004! Forwarded with thanks to Esther Murphy of ALA. -----Original Message----- From: Esther Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Celebrate Teen Read Week 2004! For Immediate Release April, 2004 Contact: Cindy Welch 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4391 IT'S ALIVE! @ your libraryR during Teen Read Week 2004 What is big and read and is for 12 to 18-year-olds? It is the intersection of horror, suspense, black and white movies from the '50s, and even modern concepts like genetic engineering. It's programming and reading and ways to increase adolescent literacy all rolled up into a weeklong celebration known as Teen Read Week. Teens will be reading for the fun of it as public libraries and school library media centers across the country celebrate Teen Read Week, October 17 - 23, 2004. They join hundreds of other libraries, schools and bookstores that are encouraging teens to celebrate this year's theme, "IT'S ALIVE! @ your libraryR." Literacy is a topic of national concern, and falling test scores and lower graduation rates among teens today are still a serious issue. However, according to the National Education Association Web site, a 2001 poll conducted by Peter D. Hart & Associates indicates that "Teenagers, age 12 to 18, rated reading, math, and writing as the first, second, and third most important things people need to learn to be successful in life. Young people put this to practice, demonstrating a healthy amount of reading." Not only do they read, but the poll also indicates that they describe the experience as "relaxing * rewarding * stimulating." A reading habit increases reading proficiency. One of the most important ways teens acquire the habit is by watching adults they respect. Being around adults with a reading habit can counteract the latest statistics from The Nation's Report Card (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard), that indicate that in homes across America the number of different types of reading materials has decreased, and a smaller percentage of seventeen-year-olds saw adults reading in their homes. Celebrate Teen Read Week with teens. There are many ways for teens and their librarians to discover that It's ALIVE! @ your libraryR: . Join a book discussion group at the school or public library. . Attend a program where science fiction and modern science converge. . Stage a mystery night at the library. . Host an intergenerational B movies night for teens and their families. . Read what you want to read, just for the fun of it. Teen Read Week is the national adolescent literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. An updated sponsors and supporting organizations list can be found at the YALSA site, www.ala.org/teenread. If your organization is celebrating Teen Read Week for the first time, YALSA has produced a manual, Teen Read Week: A Manual for Participation, that includes programming and marketing ideas as well as promotional hints and information on teen reading habits. More information about the manual is available at the ALA On-line Store, at www.alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution.taf?_sn=catalog&_pn=product_detail&_op=122 3. _______________________________________________ syscon-tx mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/syscon-tx
