"If we all did the things we are capable of doing,we would literally astound ourselves." - Thomas A. Edison
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SUMMER READING IS MANDATORY! Please do not neglect it... and lose what you have worked so hard to gain!
While the Warwick Junior High Schools are requiring 2 books to be read during the summer months, and Vets Memorial is only requiring one book... Gorton Junior High's Literacy teachers are all HIGHLY ENCOURAGING students to read more than this.
Four books will maintain the skills learned during the academic year, while over six books will help to increase our reading scores. Please take the time to read the following research information:
The Heyns Study
In her definitive and classic study, Summer Learning and the Effects of Schooling (Academic Press, 1978), Barbara Heyns followed sixth and seventh graders in the Atlanta public schools through two school years and the intervening summer. She found that:
The number of books read during the summer is consistently related to academic gains.
Children in every income group who read six or more books over the summer gained more in reading achievement than children who did not.
The use of the public library during the summer is more predictive of vocabulary gains than attending summer school is.
The major factors determining whether a child read over that summer were: 1) whether the child used the public library; 2) the child's sex (girls read more than boys but also watched more TV); 3) socioeconomic status; and 4) the distance from home to a library.
"More than any other public institution, including the schools, the public library contributed to the intellectual growth of children during the summer. Moreover, unlike summer school programs, the library was used by over half the sample and attracted children from diverse backgrounds." (p.77)
[Above summary from Making the Case for Library Services to Children and Teens, State Library of North Carolina.]
In May 2008, Gorton's students completed a survey and we have put together a list of our most highly recommended books... this list is created by 7th grade and 8th grade boys and girls from our school...
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