On March 2, the education support professionals of the Ventura Classified Employees Association want to get the word out about the importance of children’s literacy.
The National Education Association’s Read Across America is a year-round literacy project that encourages readers, both young and old, to celebrate reading.
This year, NEA’s Read Across America is a multicultural, multi-hatted affair. And in celebration of the growing diversity of America’s public schools, we will continue with “Lea con La NEA� (“Read with NEA�), the Spanish bilingual program designed to reach out to the Hispanic community.
Right here in Ventura, we’re getting into the reading excitement, too. VCEA members — which consist of custodians, office managers, bus drivers, employees in child nutrition services, technology workers, para-educators and grounds and maintenance employees, just to name a few — will be reading at one of our elementary schools here in the Ventura Unified School District. VCEA will also donate a book to each elementary school in Ventura Unified.
On NEA’s Read Across America Day, join in on the fun because you’re never too old, too wacky or too wild to pick up a book and read with a child!
— Lupe Gallegos, President,
Ventura Classified Employees Association, Ventura
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