Real Men Read 2009

   For the second year in a row,  Haven Elementary School  hosted the Real Men Read program on November 3^rd, 5-6^th.  Haven recognizes that children are reading less and less and as a result their education is suffering. We want to reach our most reluctant readers, male students, by inviting men from our community year after year to read to our students. 

      Real Men Read has a 3-fold purpose:  1) To show students who real men are, that real men do in fact read and that real men value education. 2) To encourage and improve literacy skills of our students. 3) To demonstrate the importance of student achievement and community partnerships. Haven wants to promote a joy for reading in all students-but particularly their male students which is why they are asking only men to come and read.