Write a commentTheresa Slosek from the Oswego Bookmobile was a recent guest at Oswego Rotary.
Ms. Slosek gave a brief update on the summer 2017 schedule for the Bookmobile, the number of children (and adults) served, what a typical visit to a local stop looks like and goals for their annual campaign.
From their website: The Oswego Bookmobile was founded in 2011 to combat an alarming trend. Testing indicates that economically disadvantaged children in the Oswego City School District are significantly less proficient in reading than their more affluent peers. By eighth grade there is a 40% gap between the percentage of economically disadvantaged children who are proficient in reading and the percentage of their peers who are proficient! This is due, in large part, to having limited access to books at their reading level in their homes and in their neighborhoods during summer months.
This trend is commonly referred to as the “summer reading slide” and has a significant, long term impact on the academic success of children. Their misson - - empowering children to read !
