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  • gives schools access to on-line educational resources

  • joins schools, once a year, to Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Global Literacy celebration, and provides supportive educational resources and access to celebrity and author readings to support school celebrations

  • raises awareness about school-based innovative practices in Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean region and diaspora global communities

  • provides schools on-line access to Caribbean children’s books and local authors

  • special access to read on-line R2R children’s books authored by students and emerging authors participating in R2R literacy programs

  • offers schools an opportunity to participate in Bridge Foundation organized activities that encourages school collaboration and partnerships across communities

  • links schools to Bridge Foundation’s international community of support upon request

 
 
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Bridge Foundation joins GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF READING

As tradition, Bridge Foundation donates books to schools and requests schools to engage in student centered activities on Jumpstart Read for the Record (RFR) to encourage reading and promote literacy. Bridge Foundation requests each school to fill out an application form and a tally sheet to count student readers on Read for the Record Day. RFRD materials include each year a school preparation package and activity guide customized for Jumpstart selected book written by international author and local book written local authors.

The Foundation encourages schools to join Jumpstart and over 20+ countries to promote the importance of reading.

Note: COVID-19 realities prevented T&T schools participation in 2020.

2019

Author Oge MoraThis year’s Read for the Record Day is all about the Jumpstart selected book, entitled, "Thank you Omu! "and locally selected book entitled, "Icky, Sticky, Patchy Monster." The Jumpstart selected book is about sharing, caring and appreciation.  Your school can share with students the transformational power of giving and its role in uplifting the hearts and minds of others, especially those who are most in need.   Our theme for Trinidad and Tobago RFR 2019 is Sharing is Caring - One Community to transform lives within and outside their schools.  We are requesting all schools to select a theme identified in the school preparation and activity guides to ensure that our artistic and written messages are  purposeful and motivational.  The story of Thank you Omu! is about giving of oneself and the influential power of community. When we give unconditionally, like Omu, and work together, people around us can experience the power of our love and kindness. Let us do the same in Trinidad and Tobago on November 7th, 2019. We also request your participation in R2R Green Space We Care on RFRD by reading the book, "Icky, Sticky, Patchy Monster"  by Ananda Poon and Andrea Gruny. Both are young, fledgling authors to be supported and acknowledged.   Let's continue to spread a message of sharing is caring to create one community of hope and joy.

Author Oge Mora

This year’s Read for the Record Day is all about the Jumpstart selected book, entitled, "Thank you Omu! "and locally selected book entitled, "Icky, Sticky, Patchy Monster." 

The Jumpstart selected book is about sharing, caring and appreciation.  Your school can share with students the transformational power of giving and its role in uplifting the hearts and minds of others, especially those who are most in need.  


Our theme for Trinidad and Tobago RFR 2019 is Sharing is Caring - One Community to transform lives within and outside their schools.  We are requesting all schools to select a theme identified in the school preparation and activity guides to ensure that our artistic and written messages are  purposeful and motivational. 


The story of Thank you Omu! is about giving of oneself and the influential power of community. When we give unconditionally, like Omu, and work together, people around us can experience the power of our love and kindness. 

Let us do the same in Trinidad and Tobago on November 7th, 2019.

We also request your participation in R2R Green Space We Care on RFRD by reading the book, "Icky, Sticky, Patchy Monster"  by Ananda Poon and Andrea Gruny. Both are young, fledgling authors to be supported and acknowledged.  

Let's continue to spread a message of sharing is caring to create one community of hope and joy.

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We featured Jumpstart’s selected international author on RFR

Oge Mora is a collage artist and storyteller. Her picture book, Thank You, Omu!, was a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award recipient.

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We promote local authors on RFRD and throughout the year

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to develop a story based on an experience in your community. The Foundation will work with you to make your story come alive.

The two authors, Amanda Poon and Andrea Gruny interactively worked with R2R students to gather knowledge about their communities, and with our staff to collect relevant information about the environmental challenges within the communities of Mayaro and Guayaguayare.

Creatively, the authors developed a beautiful story about “The Icky, Sticky, Patch Monster’.

Enjoy, and look forward to receiving feedback about the book.

2020

Author Meg Medina selected by Jumpstart for Children

Author Meg Medina selected by Jumpstart for Children