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District outlines Read to Achieve summer camps to provide required 72 hours of reading instruction for K–3 students
Summary
Lenoir County Public Schools described summer learning sites, instructional programs, enrollment criteria and schedules for Read to Achieve reading camps set for July, including site assignments, class counts, curriculum and the process for demonstrating third‑grade proficiency.
District staff on April 7 presented the Lenoir County Public Schools summer reading camps under the Read to Achieve legislation, outlining sites, schedules, curriculum and the criteria by which students may demonstrate third‑grade reading proficiency during the camp.
Miss Haring (presentation) said the program is designed to meet the Read to Achieve mandate of 72 hours of reading instruction taught by licensed teachers chosen for their demonstrated student outcomes. The district will operate three site tracks aligned with high‑school tracks: Northwest Elementary (serving Northwest, Northeast and Southeast), Banks Elementary (North track serving Banks, Continuous Savannah and LaGrange Elementary) and Pink Hill Elementary (South track serving Pink Hill, Southwood and Moss Hill Elementary).
Teacher work days are scheduled in July with camp dates July 7–30 (Monday–Thursday each week) and an optional makeup day July 31 for weather events. The student day will run 8 a.m.–2 p.m., staff hours 7:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., totaling 90 instructional hours planned across the session. Each site is slated to host two first‑grade classes, two second‑grade classes and three third‑grade classes, with site invitations planned for 36 first graders, 36 second graders and 54 third graders per site. District membership totals presented were 108 first graders, 108 second graders and 162 third graders across all sites.
Third‑grade students may demonstrate proficiency during camp by: completing the reading portfolio started in third grade; achieving a 725 Lexile on the in‑class summer benchmark; passing the Read to Achieve test at the end of camp; or demonstrating a 725 Lexile on a state‑approved alternative assessment. The camp curriculum will include intensive phonics instruction through the University of Florida Literacy Initiative (UFLI), accelerated reading comprehension with i‑Ready, sentence writing and handwriting workshops, morning meetings for relationship building and aeronautics STEM activities.
District staff said licensed teachers with high reading proficiency will be prioritized as instructors and that volunteer mentors will be employed to assist. Site membership and selection criteria were described as based on DIBELS scores and third‑grade proficiency pathways. Staff invited board questions and said they can share more details upon request.
