R-0601-76 RESOLUTION NO. 601
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE "READ ON
AMERICA" PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the "Read on America" Project is designed to motivate all
students to read more extensively, for pleasure and for information; and
WHEREAS, the Project will be linked to our nation's Bicentennial effort
by providing incentives for students to read about our country, its patriots,
its history, and heritage, and the creative efforts of its people; and
WHEREAS, the course of American thought has been directly affected
by what people have read and the way they have chosen to interpret it, and
great events that have shaped our destiny have been communicated or even
precipitated by the written word; and,
WHEREAS, few would argue that the ability to read is an essential
prerequisite for an educated and enlightened citizenry, and the teaching of
reading has been a primary goal of American education in general and the Dade
County School System in particular since its very beginnings; and
WHEREAS, it is not sufficient to have merely the ability to read, but
also to utilize reading on a regular basis to maintain and improve the skills
of reading and to extend knowledge;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MIAMI SHORES
VILLAGE COUNCIL:
1. That this Council endorses and gives its full support to
the "Read On America" Project of the Dade County School
System, and hopes it will enjoy a wide success among the
students of the schools.
2. That a copy of this resolution be given to the Brockway
Memorial Library, requesting that reading material be
made available for this Project.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 20th da of January, 1976.
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onald W. McIntosh, Mayor
ATTEST:
Village Clerk