Richer School Students Benefit from Love of Reading Foundation

By Dan Guetre

With summer break just around the corner, the students at Richer School already have something to look forward to in the Fall.

Indigo announced that the small rural school with receive $25,000 from its Love of Reading Foundation.

“Staff and students are ecstatic about the news!” said Principal Mark Eismendi. “Some of the youngest ones didn’t understand the value, but the rest understood that it is a very impactful number of new books that we will be able to purchase to support learning and a love of reading.”

The Love of Reading Foundation has been around for almost two decades and in that time, Richer School has been persistent in filling out the applications.

“This is approximately the third time the school has applied and has finally been successful,” explained Eismendi. “It was a great surprise for the students.”

The grant funds are spread out over three years and Eismendi hopes to begin making meaningful purchases in the Fall of 2023.

“The school identified a wider range of non-fiction resources, high-interest for struggling readers’ titles, and more variety in general as target areas for using the funds,” he added. “We also hope to find bi-lingual books to support English-language-learners and the various cultures in our school community. They will supplement classroom selection as well as our main library.”