FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
     
    S
      
    TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
     
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Chairman
    Members
    DR. AKSHAY DESAI
    ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
    PHOEBE RAULERSON
    KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
     
    Dr. Eric J. Smith
    Commissioner of Education
      
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
    Contact Information:
    Nancy Teger
    (850) 245-0874
    nancy.teger@fldoe.org
    K12: 2008-136
     
     
    MEMORANDUM
     
     
    TO:
    School
     
    Principals
     
     
    FROM:
    Dr.
     
    Frances Haithcock
     
    DATE:
    August 28, 2008
     
    SUBJECT:
    Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program
     
     
    Welcome back to another challenging and exciting year with our Florida students! A new school year
    nurturing lifelong readers. Our library media programs will continue to provide literature-based activities
    that promote the enjoyment of reading and enhance instructional initiatives. Participation in the Sunshine
    State Young Reader’s Award (SSYRA) Program is an excellent way to nurture lifelong reading and to
    motivate students in grades three through eight to read high interest contemporary literature.
     
    The SSYRA Program continues to be co-sponsored by the Florida Department of Education’s Library
    Media Services and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME). As in past years, the
    School
    Participation Form
    is located on the SSYRA Program Internet site at http://myssyra.org/. Specific
    directions for accessing this form are being sent to your school library media specialists.
     
       
     
    Throughout the year, please visit the SSYRA Program site for further information concerning voting
    procedures, curriculum activities, and promotional ideas. At the end of the year,
     
    a voting participation
    certificate, winning book posters, and SSYRA labels will be sent to the participating voting schools.
     
    We look forward to your school’s participation this year in this worthwhile reading motivation program. If
    you have any questions, please contact the Bureau of Instruction and Innovation.
     
     
    FH/nt
     
     
     
     
    DR. FRANCES HAITHCOCK
    CHANCELLOR OF PUBLIC S
    CHOOLS
     
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org

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