To increase students' self-esteem by recognizing them on their birthday and by spending quality time with the school principal. C. Involve the community in supporting student literacy. Each morning during morning announcements, the principal will announce the birthday children and invite them to her office. Students will select a book form the Birthday Book Bookshelf that will be prepared for each grade level with a variety of children's literature books. Students will also be given a birthday card provided by Lifetouch Photography.
Children can call a special number to hear a new story read each week.
At the end of each month, all the children who had birthdays will be invited to eat lunch with the principal on the stage in the cafeteria. Tables will be festively decorated and the cafeteria will provide birthday cake as part of the regular school lunch. Students will be asked to prepare an illustration or a short report on the book they select. The students will bring these to lunch to share with the principal and other birthday students. The illustrations and reports will be compiled in a scrapbook to be shared during school televised morning announcements, then placed in the media center to encourage other students to read the selections.