Making the Grade - February 20, 2014

On this episode of Making the Grade, Big Rapids Public School Superintendent Tim Haist discusses the main idea of “March is Reading Month” with various faculty of local schools: Brookside Elementary and Riverview Elementary.

Kara Schafer, Principal of Brookside Elementary School, first discusses the importance of starting children to read at younger ages to become proficient early to be successful in life.

Next, Traci Fox, a teacher at Riverview Elementary, explains the learning and reading tiers that students must progress through in order to proceed further in his or her studies.

The guests review the idea of “March is Reading Month,” touching on the specific events and themes that each school implements during the month of March; the group also discusses different learning and reading programs that are executed at both schools and have proven to be successful.
Stay tuned for more “March is Reading Month” on this first episode of Making The Grade!