MeredithREADS
Founded in 2000, MeredithREADS is a literacy partnership between Meredith, Motheread, and Wake County Public Schools System.
Through the MeredithREADS program, Meredith students, faculty and staff volunteer to read aloud at childcare centers or in elementary schools.
MeredithREADS Online Registration:
Students | Faculty and Staff | Alumnae
Volunteers complete a 2-4 hour Motheread training session and work on-site at the schools for 1-2 hours each week per semester. MeredithREADS participants work on-site at one of several local public schools. Volunteers and their reading pals come to campus each spring to enjoy the annual Celebrate Reading Festival.
Transportation & Scheduling
Transportation is not provided, but carpooling with other Meredith community members is an option. MeredithREADS participants must have a two-hour block of time available between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., weekdays.
MeredithREADS 2009-2010 Handbook
Celebrate Reading Festival
The Celebrate Reading Festival is the culminating event of the year. Students come to campus for a day of fun with their reading partners. The festival includes face-painting, storytelling, and a pizza lunch, and all of the children leave with a book of their choice at the end of the day.
Brooks Museums Magnet
Farmington Woods Elementary
Fred Olds Elementary
Lacy Elementary
Maureen Joy Charter School
Pleasant Union Elementary
Powell Elementary
Stough Elementary
Underwood Elementary
Washington Elementary
Wiley Elementary
