I am so EXCITED to say that I have been awarded a SUSD Quest Foundation for Excellence mini-grant for Family Story Night!!! I will use this money to purchase BRAND NEW books to give to the students who attend the events! I began Family Story Night in September of 2007, at the beginning of my second year here at Tonalea, and I never imagined how successful this program would be. It is such a fun night for me to share with our students and their families, as well as with my own family, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to continue the month each month. For the past few years, I have worked with local book stores, organizations and community members in order to receive book donations. My goal has always been to be able to give each student a FREE book at every event. I am very passionate about this goal, because I want to ensure that all of our students ALWAYS have something good to read. I have been extremely lucky for the many donations I have had in the past few years, and am extremely grateful to the many organizations who have continued to support this program (Barnes and Noble, Bookstar, various teachers, the Laguna and Anasazi communities, etc.). However, receiving this mini-grant will enable me to purchase TOTALLY NEW books which will support the curriculum and standards of the students' classrooms, as well as be the most popular and exciting titles for our students' personal interests. I will be ordering these books within the next week or so, and hopefully the order will be in and ready for February's Family Story Night (no promises, though!). I am hoping that these books will last for the rest of the events this year, possibly even into next year. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SUSD Quest Foundatin for Excellence board members, and to all of the families who participate in Family Story Night!
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