A Letter from Mrs. Hilderbrand - Summer Reading Program As part
of our pursuit of academic excellence, we are instituting a
school-wide summer reading program. The variety and availability
of technology in our culture now offers may options for leisure
activities that were not available before the advent of these
technological advances and as a result, reading is no longer the
primary leisure activity it once was. Children and teenagers who
love to read tend to perform better in the classroom. Reading is
critical in developing not only the imagination but also
vocabulary, language skills, and phonetic awareness.
Additionally, a 2008 study by Raymond Mar found that people who
tend read more fiction have more empathy and social acumen than
those who tend to read more non-fiction. This is probably due to
the fact that when reading fiction, you are more engaged in the
characters social interactions and relationships, something that
does not occur as readily when reading non-fiction. As a parent,
we would also lik