Reading Rocks at Page Middle

Published August 27, 2009

Reading rocks at Page Middle School.  The Franklin Breakfast Rotary presented the students and staff at Page Middle School with a check for $2,000 on August 27.  The money will be used to purchase books for the school's Reading Rocks program, which helps students improve their literacy skills and excel in the classroom.  The Franklin Breakfast Rotary established the program at Page Middle in 2007.

At Thursday's ceremony, several students explained how the Reading Rocks program has assisted them in school.  Eighth grader Nicholas Ainslie told of how a book, Swimming Up Stream, has helped to motivate him and improve his writing skills.  Another student, Hannah Berney, showed off the diorama she made after reading the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

Franklin Breakfast Rotary member Paul Gaddis joined WCS Board Member and fellow Rotary member Mark Gregory for the presentation.  "We really appreciate the principals, teachers and students for helping us figure out how this Reading Rocks program should work," said Gaddis.  "You've gotten results and that's wonderful."  Gaddis says he hopes to eventually expand the Reading Rocks program to other middle schools in the district.