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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 5TH, 2023
Contact: Contact: Julianne Cheng and Samantha Anderson | 602-257-0335
PHOENIX, AZ - For a second year, Arizona Humanities is partnering with K-12 schools and organizations to support humanities-based literacy programs through our AZ Reads initiative. We work directly with educators to bring books, supplies, visiting authors, and more, to classrooms across the state. AZ Reads programs are designed and led by educators and are all hands-on, from book clubs to graphic novel workshops to oral history projects.
“It is amazing to see the AZ Reads program blossom in such a short time. We get to see kids, parents, and grandparents all excited about books and the chance to meet authors. It’s a good thing when reading creates this much excitement. It’s even better when kids that read, succeed in school.” – Brenda Thomson, Arizona Humanities Executive Director .
K-12 Program Partners:
AGUILA Youth Leadership Institute
Arizona Council on Economic Education
Arizona Department of Education - Office of Indian Education
Arizona English Teachers Association
Arizona School for the Arts
Baboquivari Unified School District
Carl Hayden Community High School
Dobson Montessori K-12
East Valley Children's Theatre
Genesis Academy
Great Arizona Puppet Theater (with Kenilworth Elementary)
Herrera School for the Arts and Dual Language
Kayenta Elementary School
Keller Elementary
Manzanita Elementary
Maryvale High School
Maurice C. Cash Elementary
Mountain View School
Native American Advancement Foundation
Navajo Nation Library
North High School
Ocotillo Learning Center
Orange Grove Middle School
Pendergast Elementary School District
Rumi Center
Sacaton Middle School
San Carlos Apache schools (with Monsoon Youth)
The Homestead Coop (The Schoolhouse Cooperative)
Tolleson Union High School District
Tucson Children's Museum
UA Poetry Center
Westwood High School
Winslow Public Library
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