Mission, Texas- As a part of Mission Consolidated Independent School District’s (CISD) Read to Lead initiative, all district elementary schools participated in today’s statewide event, Texas Reads One Book.
The Texas Reads One Book celebration included a video feed by Jason Garrett, head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Garrett read the first chapter of the book, The Lemonade War, by Jacqueline Davies. Garrett’s video reading of the first chapter was streamed to each Mission CISD elementary school and more than 100 other elementary schools in Texas. Each Mission CISD elementary student in grades K-5th also received their own copy of the book.
What makes this fun is the whole idea of joining in with schools from all across the state in sharing a good book,” said Dr. Ricardo López, superintendent. “It is like one giant book club meeting held via the internet.”
López also said the event ties in well with the district’s Read to Lead initiative in that there are activities planned for parent involvement with the book at home, in addition to the lessons at school. “Read to Lead is about impacting our community by finding ways to involve parents and families in the whole process of becoming more literate,” he added.
This year, members of the district’s maintenance department, transportation department, and child nutrition department were encouraged to participate at a school as well.
Texas Reads One Book is a project of the Texas Association of School Administrators, with the support from the nonprofit family literacy organization, Read to Them, and the School Superintendents Association. More about Texas Reads One Book can be found at: www.readtothem.org/programs/texas-reads-one-book/.