Definitely interested.We do reading diaries in school as well as reading for pleasure at home.I have received donations of books in the past, also from an American source and most of the books were for dovrim.I think we would need to be specific as to our needs for elem. school like: Scholastic graded readers, Apple graded readers, Random House beg. books, Houghlin and Macmillan beg readers Beginning readers from other companies as well as "I Can Read" books readers that are phonics based The first level of Dr. Seuss and Cat in the Hat readers, the Berenstain Bears, Clifford, Curious George, Biscuits, Harry the Dirty Dog 1st and 2nd grade readers- recommended for school libraries easy chapter readers photocopiable stories and phonics books, maybe The choosers of the books would need, at their own discretion, to weed out books they wouldn't think appropriate for those pupils not connected to Am. holidays or history, for instance. I'd love to get some of these books!!!! From: Marlene Grayevsky <marlene1354@xxxxxxxxx> To: Shelly Krakow <krakov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "madmanhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <madmanhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [madmanhi] FW: Donation of English books All elementary schools including mine will be happy to get books for beginner readers. Borrowing books from Jelly requires special efforts on the part of teacher (going, fetching, returning). The more books will be available at schools the more pupils will be reading in English. We know how to encourage reading even in the computer era. On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Shelly Krakow <krakov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hopefully kids are still reading. I agree that the JELLY library is great and I think Ziv school would also make good use of the books.Shelly From: madmanhi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:madmanhi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of פט טלשיר Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 11:31 AM To: madmanhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [madmanhi] FW: Donation of English books Your thoughts pleaseBestPat From: Ruth Harris [mailto:rgharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:07 PM To: פט טלשיר Subject: Donation of English books To: Pat Talshir, Supervisor of English, Ministry of Education Dear Ms. Talshir, I am the chairman of the Community Services Committee of the Jerusalem Rotary Club. We have the possibility of collecting a good number of English books which we would like to donate to the school libraries interested in having them. However, before we begin collecting them, we would need to know the following: 1. Is there such a thing as a school library in these days of the computer and the Kindle?2. Are there schools in Jerusalem that would be interested in having these books? Is there a need for books?3. If so, must the books only be on specific subjects? If you inform me that a need does exist for books, and that some schools would welcome them, we will be happy to organize to help fulfill the need. The Jerusalem Rotary Club has been in existence since 1929, has been giving scholarships to needy students studying hi-tech for the past 45 years, has provided the School for the Deaf with a floor to register vibrations and musical instruments for their music room, and in general has been providing help to the community in many different areas and ways. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely,Ruth Harrisrgharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com |