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Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD hosting First African American Read-in

AARI%20side-banner%20-%20logoPlease join the Carrollton-Farmers Branch English Language Arts/Reading Department in celebrating literacy and Black History Month by attending our first African American Read-in on Monday, February 22, 2016.  You and your students are invited to come and read a poem, a short story, an excerpt of a selection, a dramatic rendition written by an African American, or you can come and listen to others read and share.

Elementary students read and listen from 5:45-6:30 p.m.

Middle and high school students read and listen from 6:45-7:30 p.m.

The Texas Room

Education Services Division Complex

1820 Pearl Street

Carrollton, TX 75006

The African American Read-in is built on an ambitious yet confident premise that a school and community reading event can be an effective way to promote diversity in children’s literature, to encourage young people to read, and to shine a spotlight on African American authors.