Volunteers Needed

The La Veta Library and the La Veta public school need volunteers to be Reading Rangers in the 2nd and 4th grades next school year. Community members - parents, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts and uncles etc. – will read with the students in these classes with the goal of improving the children’s reading skills.

Orientation and training will take place at the school in late July or August, and the volunteers will begin reading with the students in September. Each Reading Ranger will meet with small reading groups of children once or twice a week for 30-45 minutes during the Fall semester.

We would also like some volunteers to work with the avid readers in the 11th and 12th grades.

This project is part of an ongoing collaborative effort between the library and the school district to help our students become better readers. Our teen summer reading program slogan this year is “Making Waves.” Adults, help us make waves and rock the boat in our small town. When a young child befriends an adult or one other person besides his or her parents or teachers, it helps that child become a more successful high school student. Please make a difference by reading with our elementary school students. Call the library at 742-3572 to sign up.

Make a splash at Your Library Summer Reading 2010! Story Time and Crafts (for kids up to 12) Wednesdays at 1:30pm.