Project Description Country: USA Location: Vista, CA Total Budget: $2,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: This project will provide Rotarian and Interactor reading mentors and books for 1st grade students in six Title1 elementary schools in Vista, all of which have English proficiency scores of less than 50% of grade level. This project targets six elementary schools in the Vista Unified School District which are designated as Title 1 and Program Improvement schools, AND have English proficiency scores under 50% (Beaumont, Bobier, Crestview, Foothill Oak, Grapevine, and Olive). First grade students in these schools will be the benificiaries of this program and grant. Both the Superintendent of VUSD, Dr. Joyce Bales and the President of the School Board, Dr. Steven Lilly, are members of our Rotary Club and have stressed that reading is the single most important factor in the long term success of students. They have placed their personal and professional support behind this program. Developing interest and competency in reading must start at an early age and our District boasts an extremely high percentage of English as a Second Language students, emphasizing the need to target very early grade levels. This grant, in combination with the discounted availability of books through Rolling Readers, will permit us to serve approximately 400 first grade students in the aforementioned six elementary schools. Our small club is on target to sponsor two more Interact clubs this year, bringing the total to three. Our program will involve both Rotarians and Interactors in distributing books, and reading to the first grade students in these six schools. It's important to note that another Title 1 elementary school in the City of Vista, Maryland Elementary, is the subject of a similar grant request by the Rotary Club of Vista (Project #P-68). We support them in their project and have not included this school in our program to prevent overlap. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Vista Hi Noon Primary Contact: Daryl McFarland Email: dmcfarland@suncountrybuilders.net Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2011-12 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Shadowridge (Vista) (5340) 31-Aug-11 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 Total $1,000 $1,000 $2,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [22-Jun-12] Final Report [22-Jun-12] Rolling Readers Book List [22-Jun-12] Rollinng Readers Invoice

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History Log Entries 31-Aug-11 System Entry Creation of project page. 1-Sep-11 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 1-Sep-11 System Entry Project signed by Daryl McFarland. 1-Sep-11 System Entry Project signed by Luene Corwin. 15-Sep-11 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 17-Oct-11 by Judy Gallegos Check 1069 delivered to district office for signatures 17-Oct-11 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 13-Feb-12 by Daryl McFarland Project is ongoing. Approx. 300 books distributed and 130 remaining to distribute at reading events. Expect completion in one month. 6-Jun-12 by Daryl McFarland This project was completed in February, 2012 with the distribution of the final 130 books. All 3rd grade students in every Title 1 school in the district were covered. Tremendous success and great feedback from the schools and District leadership. We'll definitely plan to repeat this project. 6-Jun-12 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 6-Jun-12 System Entry Project reverted to 'Paid' status. 22-Jun-12 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 22-Jun-12 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.