# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-08-02T13:54:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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Summertime can be a needed break from the classroom for students – but for others, it is time spent away from practicing important skills. To help kids keep up their reading this summer, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation focused significantly on literacy programs – and the results and responses were overwhelmingly positive.

During the COVID-19 pandemic when children were learning from home, many young students’ reading proficiency cratered. According to data gathered by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, each racial demographic of third-grade students in the CHCCS district saw a drastic drop-off and slow return of reading – with minority students affected the most.

Understanding that literacy is a key determining factor for students’ overall experience in school, the Public School Foundation decided to make a “push” for that to be its central issue to help address in the coming years. Executive Director Madeline Blobe told 97.9 The Hill the group decided to revive Books Over Break: a program shelved in 2018 after its partnership with a book source ended. The goal is to collect books to send home with students to read over the summer and ultimately keep.

“Research shows,” Blobe said, “easy access to books is key to helping children who don’t typically have books in their home keep up their literacy skills over the summer. As few as ten books a summer can make a difference.”

“That was our focus for Books Over Break,” she continued. “So, we started a book drive in January, and I knew in my heart this community would respond if we asked for book donations.”

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#education #summerliteracy #chccs #chapelhill #carrboro

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carrboro, education, summerliteracy, chccs, chapelhill

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