I am so excited that we have a Project LIT Book Club chapter at Spring Harbor this year! I have been following Project LIT on social media for years and this year with our lunch schedule allowing time for clubs I knew we could get it going! We have over 40 students participating in our first read and have 22 students who are part of our leadership committees. Our design committee came up with several logo designs and the above one is the winner.
For those that don't know... Project LIT is a national, grassroots literacy movement, a team of dedicated educators and students who work together to:
- Empower our students as readers, writers, and leaders
- Promote a love of reading in our schools and communities
- Support and inspire one another as we improve our practice and pedagogy
- Read, discuss, and celebrate books that make our students feel seen, heard, affirmed, and valued
- Nurture authentic reading identities by increasing access to high-quality books, building community, and fostering a sense of belonging
- Develop our cultural competence and expand our thinking, regardless of individual starting point
- Amplify voices and stories of students and educators of color
- Advocate for literacy policies and practices that will build lifelong readers
- Champion young people and books that reflect their lived realities, communities, and identities
- Rewrite the narrative about which texts and authors are deemed worthy of academic study
- Create as many positive literacy experiences as possible
We have also chosen our first book and are patiently waiting for the copies to arrive so we can start reading! Our first book is Land of the Cranes by Aida Salazar. We posted about our book selection on our social media accounts (see below for our Social Media accounts and please follow us!) and she responded to us! Everyone in the club was pretty impressed and excited to see that she replied to us:
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