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Free books help create classroom libraries

by User Not Found | Nov 21, 2014

A storage bin left unclaimed becomes a treasure trove for Stamford!

Stamford has been given permission to sort through a storage bin - containing boxes upon boxes of new and used books - that has been left unclaimed for over a year.  The owner of the storage facility is happy to have our teachers and students help empty to storage locker - but it is a daunting task.

The English Department has arranged two small field trips to the storage locker and have returned with enough books to create reading libraries in all classrooms.  This has been a fantastic way to kick-start our "Drop Everything and Read" program that will start next week.  Students have also been granted Community Service Hours for giving their time after school to continue sorting through the mountain of boxes.

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