2016 SWVRC Fall Conference Program and Itinerary

The conference is this Saturday, October 29th! Hope to see you all there!
2016 SWVRC Fall Conference Itinerary

Vendor Form Posted

Click here to access the 2016 Vendor Form for the Fall Conference

2016 SWVRC Brochure

Fall Conference - Save the Date!

Southwest Virginia Reading Council is happy to present Cathy Collier as keynote speaker for the fall conference! Cathy is a phenomenal speaker and a true literacy advocate. For more information on Cathy, please visit her blog at http://wiseowlcathy.blogspot.com/

Membership is now open! Go to www.vsra.org/membership to enroll. Membership is $30 and includes free admission to the fall conference scheduled for Saturday, October 29th!

Overall totals for READ 100 program...participating children experienced over 3,075 interactions with text during the month of July! Woo-Hoo! B&G Club Staff members credit the program to increased reading motivation. Every participating child chose two books to take home at the end of the program.

Seven students read well over 100 books in July! They were treated to gifts bags of summer toys. Our top reader received a Kindle Fire and gift card to download books, courtesy of the reading council and Boys & Girls Clubs! Congratulations!

READ  - Week 4
For the final week of our reading challenge, 12 students went bowling!

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

Online registration for membership begins August 1st via the VSRA.com website. Cost is $30. Choose SWRC in the drop-down box for your region. Registration ensures free admission for the SWRC fall conference. 

Next Meeting

SWRC will meet again on August 29, 2016. The meeting will be held at Cracker Barrel, exit 7 in Bristol, at 5:00 PM. The fall reading conference will be discussed. Hope to see you there!

READ 100 - Week 3

Week three's reading reward was a trip to the pool. This time, 31 kids went swimming!

READ 100 - Week 2

For reading an additional 25 books during week two, 37 kiddos were rewarded with a pizza and ice cream sundae party.

READ 100 - Week 1

READ 100 kids earn a trip to the movies! A total of 43 kids from schools in Bristol, Virginia and Washington, County read or listened to 25 books during week one!

READ 100 Program

SWRC, Bristol Virginia Public Schools, and Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire have teamed up for READ 100. This partnership encourages children attending the Bristol location Boys & Girls Club to READ 100 books during the month of July. Bristol Virginia Public Schools furnished over $1,000 worth of new books to the club. Members of the SWRC, faculty from Bristol Virginia Public Schools, and Boys & Girls Club staff members read to and with children during this program. Children may read to others, be read to, or read with someone as part of their goal. Each weekly goal of 25 books is rewarded with field trips and other incentives. We're proud to promote summer reading!

Meeting

What: Southwest Virginia Reading Council Meeting
When: Monday, June 20 at 5:00 PM
Where: Cracker Barrel, Exit 7

Top 10 Hightlights List for 2015-2016

Our Top 10 List highlights the Southwest Virginia Reading Council's most notable accomplishments, contributions, and celebrations for the 2015-2016 year. Click to read.

2016 ILA Award

Virginia State Reading Association (VSRA) was chosen as the recipient of the 2016 International Literacy Association's Most Distinguished Council Award! 

Published on May 14, 2016, this video documents our professional development, community engagement, and public awareness

2016 Storytelling Event

STORYTELLER LIVE !

EXPLORING OUR ROOTS—APPALACHIAN BALLADS AND STORIES

Come join your fellow educators and friends and earn in-service credit while you relax and listen to wonderful stories told by “Granny Sue” Holstein! The SWVRC invites you to come to the Executive Auditorium at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, VA, on March 22, 2016, for a most enjoyable evening. A light dinner will be served, and all you need to do is pre-register! You will receive 1/2 day of in-service credit for attending this event.

COST:
 $25 SWVRC member
 $30 non-member
 $5 discount if registered by 3/15/16 


EVENT SCHEDULE:
4:00-5:00 p.m.—Register
5:00-6:00 p.m.—Susanna,
Session I
6:00-7:00 p.m.—Dinner
Served/Break
7:00-8:30 p.m.—Susanna,
Session II, Door prize drawings

Registration Form

Susanna Holstein lives in Jackson County, WVA. As storyteller “Granny Sue” she performs across West Virginia and out of state, telling stories and singing Appalachian and British
ballads. She is the West Virginia Liaison to the National Storytelling Network, past secretary and founding board member of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild, 2nd Vice President of West Virginia Writers, Inc. and a member of the Appalachian Wordsmiths writing group and several regional storytelling organizations. A published writer, Holstein is a frequent presenter of programs and workshops at conferences, festivals, schools and libraries.
Holstein obtained her BS (Education summa cum laude) in 1991 from WV State College and Master of Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina in 1995. Holstein writes an online journal, Granny Sue’s News and Reviews, the poetry blog Mountain Poet and a monthly column for the central West Virginia publication Two Lane Livin’. Her work has appeared in two anthologies of stories about Appalachian women as well as in other print and online journals. Her poem Sago was published in 2012 in Fed from the Blade, an anthology of work by West Virginia writers. Her writing interests were sparked when she started a writing group for children in 2000. Her poetry, nonfiction and fiction works have won numerous awards at the WV Writers Annual Conference.


Bring a new or lightly used children's book and receive an extra chance for the door prizes! Books will be donated to "Books for Bearcats", a local summer reading program for elementary students. Suggestions: Junie B. Jones, Wimmy Kid, Magic Tree House, etx.

Please share the event flyer with your colleagues!