Mustang Area Reading Council
Local council of the
Oklahoma Reading Association
and
International Reading Association
| Calendar | Membership | Purpose |Benefits/Opportunities | Projects | Officers | Links | History |

  M.A.R.C Calendar

September - Annual Membership Drive
Contact you building representative or an officer listed below
 

Thursday, September 20, 2007
Meeting at Mustang Valley Media Center
3:30-5:00 P.M.
Living History presentation from Oklahoma History Center
 

ORA Fall Session at the OEA Convention
Tulsa Downtown Double Tree Hotel
October 18. 2007
 

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Meeting at Mustang North Middle School Media Center
3:30 - 5:00 P.M.
Supporting Reading and Writing Skill Development with Free Digital Tools
Wesley Fryer, AT&T.
 
 

Monday, February 11. 2008
Meeting at Mustang Valley Elementary Media Center
3:30 - 5:00 P.M.
Brain Friendly Language Arts - (via Videoconference)
Christy Sheffield, Great Expectations
 
 

ORA Annual Conference 2008
March 1, 2008
"Literacy our Greatest Resource"
http://www.oklahomareadingassociation.org
 

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Meeting at Mustang Education Center
5:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Dinner catered by Johnny Carino's
Tammi Sauer, Author Visit



 
 
 
 
 

Purpose

MARC is a professional organization of individuals who are genuinely concerned with the improvement of reading.  Purposes include:  encouraging reading at all educational levels, developing teacher training programs, providing meetings and conferences in support of reading development, encouraging reading for pleasure.

Membership

MARC membership is open to educators, parents and all others interested in the purposes of the council.  The membership year is Oct.1 through Sept. 30
Annual dues are $5.00
Members are encouraged to join Oklahoma Reading Association and International Reading Association.

 

Opportunities and Benefits to Members

ORA Scholarship
Scholarship competition, awards an educator pursuing Oklahoma Standard Reading Specialist Certificate $500

Classroom Action Research Grant
Research a basic reading problem for which you are seeking a solution.
  Due February 1

Celebrate Literacy Award
Identify and recognize individual or agency that has made significant contributions to literacy

Web Resources

Mustang Area Reading Council

International Reading Association

Oklahoma Reading Association

ReadWriteThink
(standards based lesson plans & reviewed resources, K-8)

MarcoPolo Educational Resources

Reading Rockets

Leading to Reading

No Child Left Behind 

ERIC: Clearinghouse on Reading 








 
Serving as

MARC Officers 2007-2008

President          Julie Slupe
Vice President  Carol Scott
Secretary          Judy Bruce
Treasurer          Kathy Neuenschwander
Legislative Rep. 
Past President - Jammie Koch 
Representatives:
Mustang Centennial - Laurie Locke
Mustang Creek Elementary - Paula Sharp
Mustang Education Center - Jennifer Young
Mustang Elementary - Marilyn Thomas
Mustang Trails Elementary - Gaye Sanders
Mustang Valley Elementary - Robin Combs
Lakehoma Elementary - Paula McCullough
Mustang Middle School - Shirley Austin
Mustang North Middle School - Cheryl Rowe
Mustang Mid High School - Bambi Dunn
Mustang High School - Karl Dowell 		 Nominated as 

MARC Officers 2008-2009

           Install at the April meeting
President           Carol Scott
Vice President    Tanya Bernhardt
Secretary            Laurie Locke 
Treasurer            Jammie Koch

History

 
  • This area is under development.  All members are invited to submit information, photos, remembrances of the development of the organization.
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    MARC projects
    Baby Book Bags
    Mustang Area Reading Council has participated with the district reading specialists in delivering Baby Book Bags to expectant parents.  These bags include board books, a plush toy, and a variety of information pieces that teach and encourage literacy development through reading to children beginning at birth.