2. Table of Contents
• Background/ Demographics of Naples
• Community Supports Literacy
– Bristol Valley Theatre
– The Naples Library
– Budding Readers
• School Supports Literacy
– A look at Naples Central School
– Literacy Instruction at NSC
3. • Demographics
Background • Population in 2010: 1,041. Population
change since 2000: -2.9%
•Naples Valley, located
south of Canandaigua • Males: 483 (46.4%)
Lake in Ontario County.
Females: 558 (53.6%)
•Nestled in the hills of the
Fingerlakes
• “Grape Pie Capitol of the
World”
5. For an intensive theater experience,
get your child involved in our
SUMMER acclaimed Summer Apprentice
Program. It’s a six week program for
APPRENTICE 11- 17 year olds that meets Monday
through Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
PROGRAM Apprentices work daily with the
Apprentice Program Director and our
professional company members,
learning about all aspects of theater.
The program culminates with a
children’s show which plays at our
Naples theater and also tours to are
libraries, parks and children’s centers.
Tuition is $300. Partial tuition
scholarships are available.
6. VISION STATEMENT MISSION STATEMENT
The Naples Library provides
The Naples Library will
all residents
inform,inspire, of its service area with a
wide variety of resources,
educate and entertain area
residents materials, technologies and
programs in order to
of all ages, in an easily
accessed, increase the knowledge of
our community,
resource rich environment.
satisfy curiosity and create
young readers.
7. Services Offered
• Photocopying and Fax Services
• Electronic Interlibrary Loan
• Reference and Information
• Internet Access for Patrons
• Renewal by Phone and On-Line
• Wi-Fi
• Children’s and Adult Programs
8. Materials Offered
• Fiction & Non-Fiction Books
for Adults
• Fiction & Non-Fiction Books
for Children
• Magazines
• Music CDs
• Audio Books on CD and
MP3
• DVDs
• Books Plus Boxes
• Young Adult Books
• Large Print Books
10. Ready, Set, Story Blog
• Ready, Set, Story is a running display of story times (and story
time extensions) at the Naples Library in Naples, NY. Parents,
volunteers, youth librarians, and all those who would frolic
through the delights of books shared with children...enjoy!
Please use the blog to deepen your literature-based
experience within your family or as a resource to inspire
programming ideas in your own venue.
• Check it out: Ready, Set, Story
11. Naples Community Participates in
Budding Readers
• Budding Readers shares the view expressed by
the well-known children's author, Rosemary
Wells in her book,
Read to Your Bunny (1998)
• Our mission is to educate, encourage and
equip parents in Ontario County, NY to read
with their infants and young children as a
natural part of their daily routine.
12. Promoting Literacy at the Memorial
Day Parade, in Naples NY.
A mother and her 7- week old son
receiving a pouch of free books from the
budding reading program in Naples.
13. A look at Naples Central School
• Check out the Demographics on the District
Report Card
14. NCS Mission Statement
• Based on the belief that all children can learn, the Naples
Central School Community accepts the responsibility to
challenge all students to attain higher levels of achievement.
Working within that community, our young men and women
will develop physically, socially, emotionally and culturally,
consistent with the resources available. They will leave the
school with a solid foundation in the basic skills that will lead
to lifelong learning, an understanding of human relations, a
sense of pride in themselves and their community, and a
value for citizenship.
15. Current Literacy Programs at NSC
Basal Reading Program
• Harcourt Trophy Series
– Grades K-3 • Scott Foresman
– emphasis on phonemic – Grades 3-6
awareness – Emphasis on
– Phonics skills comprehension skills
– Whole group and guided – Supplemental writing,
reading instruction spelling, and grammar.
16. Guided Reading
• After whole group instruction using the Basal,
teachers meet with smaller groups to do
guided reading.
• Use running records and anecdotal notes
during this time to assess reading.
17. Wilson Foundation Program
• Used in all classrooms.
• Consistent set of cues and strategies to build
foundation skills.
• Reason for implementing “strengthening
decoding skills will build fluency, which will
lead to stronger comprehension.”
18. Reading Recovery
• Implemented since 2004
• Served as Early Intervention
• 1:1 reading instruction for first graders
• Small groups for AIS and Remedial
• Students do repeated reading and word work.
• Use Running Records to assess
19. Teachers View on Literacy within the
School
• “We are not trained enough to teach reading.”
• “Our programs are outdated.”
• “RTI has pushed us to have untrained
teachers, such as the gym teacher, to come in
for reading support.”
• “We now have the funds to move toward LLI,
but we need more training.”
20. School Library
• Offers Sylvan Dell E-books
– Auto-Flip, Auto-Read, 3D Page Curling and
selectable English text and audio. With the
addition of Auto-Flip Mode, these are powerful
reading literacy and language learning tools to
complement our mission of Science and Math
Through Literature.
21. Promotion of Literacy within the
School
• Book fairs
• Book orders
• Students work fill the
walls.
• Teachers seek more
training
22. The Future of Literacy Programs at NSC
• Classroom teachers hope to get more training
teaching reading.
• Reading Recover will become Leveled Literacy
Intervention (LLI) to allow for small groups
instead of 1:1.
• Looking into implementing more Fountas and
Pinnell programs and The Daily Five.
23. School and Community Connections
Community Education:
– Current Classes
• Excel 2010
• Word 2010
• Basic PC Use
• Community Singing
• Family Music
• Adult Volleyball
….and much more!
24. Community-School Connections
• Preschool teacher visits
with Kindergarten
teacher.
• Teachers at NCS
participate in the
Budding Reading
Program
• Parent volunteers
• Bristol Valley Theatre
programs
25. My Recommendations
In School In Community
• Provide more training for I love the Budding
the teachers. Program…so I recommend:
• Adopt literacy programs • Develop community efforts
such as The Daily Five. to get teens more involved
• Bring authors of known with literacy.
children books in to get the
children more excited about
literacy.
• Focus less on phonics and
more on making meaning.
26. Resources
Websites Interviews
• http://napleslibrary.org/ • Jeanne Black, reading
• http://www.naples.k12.ny.u teacher at Naples Central
s/ School
• http://buddingreaders.org/ • Anonymous parents at
memorial day parade
• Anonymous classroom
teacher
