HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01062015 - C.37RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a "Book to Action" grant in the
amount of $3,000 from California Center for the Book on behalf of the California State Library to provide materials
and programs at the Lafayette Library for the period January 2, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No library fund match.
BACKGROUND:
The "Book to Action" grant provides materials and programming funding with the purpose of moving communities
into action around relevant themes in the region. The Lafayette Library proposes a Book to Action program that will
engage Lafayette second and third graders in a letter writing campaign to equivalent grades in Mexico so that school
children can experience cultures other than their own. Students will receive copies of "Dear Primo" and the
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ADMINISTRATOR
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Action of Board On: 01/06/2015 APPROVED AS
RECOMMENDED
OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Gail McPartland,
925-927-3204
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 6, 2015
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 37
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Jessica Hudson, County Librarian
Date:January 6, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Apply for and Accept a Grant from the California Center for the Book
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
book will be added to the Lafayette Library collection. Staff from the local school will teach children some basic
conversational Spanish. Participants will gain greater cultural awareness and sense of the commonalities between life
in the two countries. Lafayette area high school students will put their language skills to use by helping translate
letters from Mexico. The experience will emphasize the benefit of real world application of learning a second
language, and Spanish in particular. Elementary school children will be excited to make connections with children in
Mexico and hear about their daily lives.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Materials will not be acquired and programs will not be conducted.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The opportunities gained from the experience of the multicultural engagement support the outcome of Children
Ready and Succeeding in School. The experience of obtaining diverse geographical information, meaningful
opportunities to increase cultural awareness, and foreign language applications enhance knowledge, skills and
confidence in the educational arena and daily life.