SUMMER HOURS AT LIBRARY CREATE LOVE FOR LITERACY

WHAT:  Witt Elementary summer literacy program
WHEN: Tuesday, July 31, 9 -11 a.m.
WHERE:  Witt Elementary Library, 10255 W. 104th Dr., Westminster

Just because it’s summertime doesn’t mean a student’s love for learning stops. 

Neighborhood volunteers, staff members and the Witt Elementary librarian have opened the school library during the summer to help students continue with their literacy skills.

For seven weeks, nearly 80 students from Witt, neighboring Lukas Elementary and a local summer daycare program have had storytelling, writing and Web activities that revolved around a different book theme every week.

Parents, babysitters and older siblings joined younger students who come for the reading fun too.

The last summer reading day is this Tuesday.  To close off the reading routine, students will read “I wanna Iguana,” by author Karen Kaufman Orloff. 

The local Petco will bring along a lizard for show and tell.  

Community businesses rallied around the reading effort by making donations to inspire kids to reach their reading goals.

Barnes and Noble gave certificates for a free book to every child who read six books over the summer and the Brunswick Zone at Westminster Mall donated free family bowling certificates.

“We used this opportunity to invite new parents who just registered their children.  It made them feel welcomed and gave them a chance to meet staff members before school started,” said Witt principal Christy Mayer.

Witt Elementary is located in the Standley Lake area where their student population has a 31 percent free and reduced lunch rate.

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**Interested media please contact Melissa Reeves, News Media Specialist, #303-982-6567, to arrange interviews with staff, students and parents and to gain access to Witt Elementary.