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2006-2007 Program Highlights Marietta Reads! began its fourth year with its annual kickoff on the Historic Square in Marietta September 30. Events included a guest storyteller, book giveaways, performances by Marietta High School (MHS) drama and dance students, a puppet show, and music by the Mars Hill Porch Pickers. Parents and children filled the Square and enjoyed the activities provided by Marietta City Schools’ staff and students including face painting by MHS Cheerleaders. During the winter quarter, the Marietta Metro Rotary Club distributed 686 English and 85 Spanish Dictionaries to all third grade students district-wide. Over 120 students participated in the 3rd annual Marietta Reads! Read-A-Thon. During the four weeks of the Read-A-Thon, students read books and earned money from their sponsors for the amount of minutes or pages read during the competition. Over $10,700 in pledges were earned. The grand prize of a 2007 Dell laptop computer was presented to a 3rd grade student from the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA). Other prizes included Theatre in the Square and Atlanta Hawks game tickets, Read-a-Thon t-shirts and bookmarks, a digital camera and printer from Pepsi, an iPod nano, an iPod shuffle, and Stevi B’s pizza coupons. Marietta Reads! Funding Update Sponsors and SupportersMarietta Reads! is a non-profit and is fully funded through the gifts of our generous sponsors and donors. Thanks to Marietta Board of Lights and Water, Barnes and Noble, Credit Union of Georgia (MACO), Kiwanis Club of Marietta, Blue Bell, Stevi B’s Pizza, Chick-fil-A, the Atlanta Hawks, Smoothie King, Scholastic Book Fairs and all of our donors for providing the funding for the 2006-2007 grade level books and student incentives. With the help of our sponsors and supporters, over 4,600 books were distributed to students in grades K-6. Students also earned ribbons, iTunes gift certificates, medallions, bookmarks, and other incentives including letters of commendation and achievement from Marietta City Schools Superintendent, Dr. Emily Lembeck, Senator Johnny Isakson, Governor Sonny Perdue, and Marietta Mayor Bill Dunaway.
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