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Published on 11/06/1995 All articles from this issue

Springer adopts volunteer reading program Springer Elementary School in Mountain View has adopted the acclaimed "EVERYBODY WINS" reading program, a program where adults read one-on-one to children during their lunch hour.

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EVERYBODY WINS is the brainchild of New York executive Arthur Tannenbaum who is seeking to spread the program across the country. "We want to nurture and teach children," he said. "It's the community's job that should involve more than schools and teachers. I want to make it easy for people to get involved."

Adult volunteers spend one school lunch a half-hour per week with an individual child, reading for pleasure from good children's literature. The schedule is arranged and monitored by a school coordinator.

"When people reach out to one another, something is there that wasn't before," Tannenbaum said. "Then, if you can use that something to help provide needed encouratgement for learning, you are doing quite a lot. We are making a lot happen without a lot of bureaucracy and expense. The idea is turning people on, getting kids interested in reading and renewing people's trust in one another."

Springer school is located at 1120 Rose Ave., in Mountain View. To volunteer or for more information, call 964-3374.