Musings from a middle school reading specialist. I encourage my students to read, talk, write, and have fun!
I parent two amazing young-adult daughters with my husband of 30+ years.

March 9, 2019

We Got a Grant! #SOLC19

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Two Writing Teachers
"Why can't their be Boys on the Run?" asked T.

"Well, I don't think there's a program like that," I replied.

"Would you make a program for the boys?" T pressed on.

"You know if I ran a club, you'd have to read, too," I chuckled.

"We would read.  Just let us run first," T asserted.

I filled out my first-ever grant proposal this year.  The idea was easy... get kids active first -- running, jumping rope, or doing yoga.  Then connect choosing an exercise, sticking with it and charting progress to reading (choose a book, stick with it, etc).  Then kids would find books and read.

My colleague, Elisa, was totally on board.  

"I love running.  I'll get those kids and you running a mile or two!" Elisa promised.

"Running?  No thanks," I thought.

Fast forward to this past Friday.  We had a surprise delivery of a very LARGE check from our district foundation for our new after-school club, Kids Run and Read.

What did I learn?  I learned that I can take an idea and follow through with the help of my students, my colleagues, and hard deadlines.

P.S.  I still won't choose to run, Elisa.  :) 

6 comments:

  1. Wow! This is amazing. I love how you start this slice with dialog. Congratulations on your grant. Keep us posted.

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  2. This is amazing! I'm inspired! Is it boys and girls? (Sounds like it). What a brilliant idea. Can't wait to hear more about it!

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  3. Wow, congratulations! I've wanted to try for a grant so many times -- you've great courage and great follow-through!

    So happy for your kids! :)

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  4. I LOVE this idea and your Slice about it. Congratulations and never say never... if you, a non-runner, can do some running, I bet you can encourage a kid who seems him/herself as a non-reader to spend time with a book. You got this!

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  5. Congratulations! I have never written a grant proposal. I always think about it but chicken out.

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  6. Congratulations! I love the idea of kids MOVING and READING. Like you, I would probably want to skip the running part!

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