Kyle Kirchhoff, Beth Miller, Molly Bolibaugh, Kevin Jachim, Mark Villas

Boston Celtics Young Authors

Presented By Boston Celtics Read to Achieve

Boston Celtics and its Read to Achieve Program are bringing a new way for young students to learn to love reading. Boston Celtics Young

Authors is a way for students to look at reading in an entirely different way but actually writing

and illustrating books themselves. With the guidance of Boston’s fine teachers and role

models on the Celtics, reading will be fun again for Boston’s youth.

About Boston Celtics Young Authors

SituationIssue- not enough in-school programs to

enhance imagination and education We want to implement a program to improve

and develop young children’s minds Get the Boston community involved.

Boston Celtics Young Authors transforms the lives of young people by cultivating their voices through writing and illustrations. This annual

experience encourages young authors to promote being creative though their writing and express their ways and self in a different

light. Allowing kids to be creative while enjoying reading and producing their own

stories guided by their role models, The Boston Celtics.

Young Authors Mission

Our goal is for this foundation to be very promising in the Boston community and for our joining sponsors to get a positive relationship with the community while encouraging young

students to use their imagination and be creative!

Young Authors Goals

Information ObjectivesHelp Jo Jo White and further the Read to

Achieve program already installedPresent to the public the importance of

education and creativityIncrease viewers on our website as well as

Celtics

Motivational ObjectivesHave all of the elementary schools participate

in our competition Select the winnersHave success in our focus for the kids and the

relationship with the Celtics

Schools in Boston AreaGrades 3rd, 4th, and 5th Schools already associated with Boston

Celtics Read to Achieve Program

Target Audience

Children will be given a blank book cover to cover

Allows the opportunity to be as creative and use their imagination

Students illustrate a book and a story from front to back

Young Authors Procedure

http://bostoncelticsyoungauthors.weebly.com/

Website

Newsletter

Flyer

Calendar of Events

Teachers choose winners at schoolCeltics choose Top 10Top 10 books chosen get free tickets to

Celtics gameAutograph SessionCeltics players come read winners story

Winners

Questions?