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Forney Fire Department and ISD run 'Get Fired Up for Reading' program to boost literacy
Summary
Fire Chief Holcomb presented the department’s Get Fired Up for Reading program, an eight-week partnership with Forney ISD that brings firefighters into classrooms, offers reading-minute competitions for K–12 students and rewards winners with prizes and a grand-prize fire-truck ride.
Fire Chief Holcomb told the Forney City Council on April 8 about the Forney Fire Department’s Get Fired Up for Reading partnership with Forney ISD, an eight-week program designed to encourage students from prekindergarten through 12th grade to read and to build relationships between children and public safety personnel.
Chief Holcomb described the program as bringing firefighters into classrooms to read to students, host competitions by grade level for reading minutes and recognize…
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