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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Carson Chandler, (407) 246 - 2822
              Heather Allebaugh, (407) 246 - 3423
             
                       

 

ACCELERATED READING RALLY WITH DISTRICT 6 CITY COMMISSIONER INGS
 

WHO: District 6 City Commissioner Samuel B. Ings
Top 10 student readers from local elementary schools
Kathleen “Kat” Gordon, OCPS School Board Member
Nick Anderson, Orlando Magic
Grande Marshall Jackie Perkins, founder of Montsho Books
 
WHEN: Saturday, November 3, 2007 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
 
WHERE: Dr. I. Sylvester Hankins Park
1340 Lake Park Court
 
WHAT: On Saturday, November 3, 2007, Commissioner Samuel B. Ings will host the first Accelerated Reading Rally at the Dr. I. Sylvester Hankins Park. Commissioner Ings will celebrate the top ten readers from five elementary schools in District 6.

The Accelerated Reading Parade & Rally is a partnership between the Commissioner’s Office, Eagle’s Nest, Richmond Heights, Eccleston, Catalina and Washington Shores Elementary schools and the Orange County Public Library, created with the goal of promoting good reading habits amongst elementary school children and to reward students who have met their reading goals for the school’s first nine-week grading period.


 

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