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Hillside promotes literacy: Scholastic 'Real Read', book distribution and Brothers Bonding with Books program
Summary
The superintendent highlighted the district’s partnership with Scholastic to distribute books to students, announced a culminating event on April 17 and promoted Brothers Bonding with Books and Basketball for grades 5–8 with local business support.
The Hillside superintendent told the board the district is continuing literacy initiatives with a Scholastic "Real Read" partnership that provides free books for students’ home libraries and a culminating book-distribution event slated for April 17.
Candy Rawls and other staff described the program as involving community mentors who read to students across elementary schools, an in-school book club at Ola Edwards and multiple "Real Read" events this school year. The superintendent said the April 17 event will be a culminating celebration and that Scholastic may record the event for wider distribution.
The superintendent also promoted "Brothers Bonding with Books and Basketball," a Saturday program for students in grades 5–8 that pairs reading mentorship with basketball and mentoring activities. He thanked Step Up Barbershop for a donation to support refreshments and for plans to extend support to students who read.
Officials framed the initiatives as part of ongoing efforts to increase at-home reading and literacy engagement; no budget votes were recorded during the segment in the transcript.
