Sunday, September 21, 2014

Abraham Lincoln Award Books

A new program I am starting at our school this year is the Principal's Lincoln Spotlight. The Abraham Lincoln Award Books are 22 titles in young adult literature. These titles vary from biographies to fantasy, and everything in between. A link to this year's Lincoln Award Books is below. Here you can find book trailers, story descriptions, and other information about each title

http://www.islma.org/pdf/2015MasterList/2015AbrahamLincolnAward2.pdf

Each month at East Richland High School, we will spotlight one of the books on the Abe Lincoln Award list. Various faculty, staff, and others will conduct book talks and showcase that month's title. Students that have read the spotlight book for the month are entered into a drawing for various prizes.

The goal of the Principal's Lincoln Spotlight is to encourage all people at ERHS (students and faculty/staff) to be active readers. I hope that this program validates those students that are avid readers, and entices the more reluctant reader to get involved.