Our Next Meeting - March 12th

The newly forming Beaufort County Reading Council will be holding its second meeting on Thursday, March 12th at 4:15 in Okatie Elementary's Library.

We've listened to all of our attending members' comments and suggestions and we're happy to announce that representatives from Barnes and Noble will be presenting a book talk to include titles for all age ranges from elementary through middle and high school aged children. They will also be bringing teacher discount cards for all those who don't already have one.

Also that evening, Leslie from Teaching Carolina in Beaufort will be on hand to talk about her relocation, offer coupons, and show us some of the exciting teaching tools she has to offer.

Also as a result of your suggestions, we are implementing a new feature as a part of our meetings. We will begin each meeting with a 5 minute Idea Share when some of our own talented literacy professionals will share an idea either from their own classrooms or from a professional development opportunity they've had. Times are tough. We need to look to each other to continue to grow as professionals.

If you'd like to present an idea at an upcoming meeting, please send your information to cynd1234@hotmail.com.

As always, we will have refreshments and lots of door prizes.

We need to try to meet our goal of having a contact at each school both public and private. If you'd like to be that contact for your school or organization, please leave a comment and we will add you to our list.

Membership - A HUGE Success

These totals are just in from Suelyn, Membership Director for BCRC. Last night we signed on 41 new Beaufort County Reading Council members. That's an amazing beginning!! Our Charter paperwork is complete and will be mailed today. There was a ton of positive feedback and many great suggestions. Thank you to everyone who helped organize the event. The BCRC Board members are incredible in doing whatever it takes to get the job done. Thank you to Jamie Pinckney and Okatie Elementary for hosting the event. Thank you to Ellen and Laura for helping with some of the goodies. And, thank you to all of you for coming, participating, joining and giving us wonderful feedback. We are looking forward to our next meeting on March 12th. Hope to see you there!

Watermelon ABCs & So Much More

Our first meeting went well. Guest author, Mary Beth Roulston was inspriring. We all shared great snacks and conversation. We received a lot of good feedback too. I'll write more about exact attendance and membership numbers soon, but for now here are some pictures.

Our New Shirt

Here it is.... our first BCRC T-Shirt.
It will be nice to represent our new organization by wearing one!!

Order one now by emailing me:
cynd1234@hotmail.com

They are only $10.00!!
We have M, L, XL and XXL ($1 extra)