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FIRST LADY/GENTLEMAN [NAME] CELEBRATES SUMMER READING WITH STUDENTS AT [SCHOOL] ON [DATE]

Governors’ Spouses Nationwide Sign On as “Scholastic Reading Ambassadors” to Encourage Kids to Read This Summer

WHAT: Summer is a crucial time to encourage children to read, as children often experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer. First Lady/Gentleman [NAME] will read to students at [SCHOOL NAME] to promote the importance of summer reading, serving as a Reading Ambassador for the 2015 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. [NAME] will be reading from [BOOK by AUTHOR] to help get kids excited about reading and encourage them to read every day this summer.

As part of [NAME]’s involvement, Scholastic will donate 500 books to students at [SCHOOL NAME]. The books will serve as take-home reading materials for these kids over summer vacation.

The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge encourages children to read all summer to combat the “Summer Slide,” or the learning losses that occur during the long break from school. The Scholastic Summer Challenge Reading unites students and schools as they Read for the World Record. In the 2014 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, students read a record-breaking 304,749,681 minutes. This year, students will once again log their minutes spent reading, and the top 20 schools with the most minutes read will be featured in the 2016 edition of the Scholastic Book of World Records.

For more information about the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, please visit summer.

WHERE: ADDRESS

WHEN: DATE

TIME

** COVERAGE IS WELCOME; MEDIA MUST RSVP **

CONTACT:

First Lady/Gentleman XX Contact

Office of the First Lady/Gentleman

Phone

Email

Michael Barrett

Scholastic

(212) 343-6570

mbarrett@

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