Strive for 25 - 2008

This year at Dumbarton, our Lions are going to STRIVE for more than they ever have – by reading!
The DMS Language Arts Department is sponsoring “STRIVE for 25,” an initiative that helps students meet the 25-book reading requirement listed in the Maryland State Department of Education Voluntary State Curriculum. “STRIVE” stands for “Success Through Reading Is Visible Everywhere,” and that’s exactly what we plan to prove during the 2007-2008 school year.
This program supports the Baltimore County Public Schools Blueprint for Progress and is part of the Dumbarton Middle School Improvement Plan. The book requirement program is listed as part MSDE’s Voluntary State Curriculum in the General Reading Comprehension section of each middle school grade level.
Through the “STRIVE for 25” program, students and teachers will work together to read, examine and share books they have read.