This year the Aurora Public Schools will continue our tradition of asking community leaders to participate in the “Leaders are Readers” program.  In the few years that we have been facilitating this program, both community members and students provided us with overwhelming positive feedback from these days.

The “Leaders are Readers” program will be held three times this year, with the second reading day scheduled on Wednesday February 9, 2011 and the third reading day scheduled on Thursday, April 28, 2011. We only ask for your donation of time, from thirty minutes to one hour to visit an APS classroom and read to students.  The school sites will provide a selection of books for you to read.

We have surveyed our sites and currently have requests for at least one hundred community readers.  Will you consider being one of those readers?

Please contact the office of Risk Management and Security to schedule a convenient time for you to read to APS students.  We will work with you to ensure that you are matched with a school and time that meets your availability.  Amber Tabar will schedule a time for you to read.  Amber can be reached at 303-365-7816, ext. 28410.

Our common goal is to increase student achievement throughout the Aurora Public Schools. Your participation in “Leaders are Readers” will certainly help us continue to move toward the goals set forth in the VISTA 2010 strategic plan.

Sincerely,

John L. Barry
Superintendent of Schools