2024-2025 Campaign
2023-2024 Campaign
Rashad Jones, National Pitmaster Erika Skula, AdventHealth Ocala CEO
Dr. Adetayo Lawal, Resident Orthopaedic, HCA Ocala Michelle Cino, MCPS Principal of the Year
Mike Mills, Local Business Owner Ben Marciano, Mayor of Ocala
Dr. Jim Henningsen, President of CF MCFR Chief Banta
Collins Sheldon, MCPS Student Scientist
This year, 2024-2025, we are producing videos spotlighting 10 community members speaking about the importance of literacy throughout our community. These videos spotlight the importance of literacy from birth through school age.
2024-2025 family reading nights at Barnes & Noble are scheduled for:
December 5, 2024 from 6:00PM-7:00PM
May 15, 2025 from 6:00PM-7:00PM
For more information on this year's Student Essay Contest: To Be Announced Shortly
For the rubrics of this year's Student Essay Content: To Be Updated Shortly
In 2023-2024 we launched yet another exciting phase of promoting literacy throughout Marion County and allowing students to learn more about how important literacy skills are in the careers of so
many business leaders and community members.
In 2021 “Launching Literacy in the Community” was started to promote the importance of literacy throughout Marion County Public Schools. A website was created to promote and support family and community engagement while connecting standards-based literacy lessons in the elementary classroom with activities and conversations beyond the school day.
(https://marionschools.instructure.com/courses/81632).
Marion County Schools also proudly partnered with local barbershops and hair stylists to provide reading opportunities to students while they are getting a haircut.
Marion County Schools also provided menus that promoted literacy distributed to restaurants throughout Marion County.