In Concert Building Valuable Community Partnerships
RotaryMarch2016 Presentation
1.
2. California State
University,
San Bernardino
Founded in 1965, CSUSB provides
outstanding post-secondary educational
opportunities and a pathway to upward
mobility to Inland Empire residents.
CSUSB seeks to improve the quality of
life in the region through its engaged
students, job-ready graduates, high-
quality faculty, and community
partnerships.
3. The Inland Empire
San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
Covers more than 27,000 square miles
Home to 4.3 million people
13th most populous metropolitan area
in the U.S.
3rd most populous region in California
behind Los Angeles and San Francisco
5. Watson & Associates
Literacy Center
Services:
• Provides one to one and one to two tutoring
• Concentration on four domains of literacy
• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
• Kindergarten through 12th grade
• Focus is on children who have not yet achieved
grade-level proficiency in literacy
• Fee based on a sliding scale
6. A house without books is like a room
without windows. – Heinrich Mann
61% of low-income families have no books in their
homes
» Teacher.scholastic.com
7. 50,000 book giveaway
Riverside County
Saturday,
August 29, 2015
Altura Credit Union
First Books
Solar Max Technology
8. 50,000 book giveaway
San Bernardino County
Saturday,
September 19, 2015
The Molina Foundation
OPC Trucking & Warehouse
San Bernardino County
Superintendent of Schools
Helping Hands
16. Let us read and let us dance – two amusements
that will never do any harm to the world.
~~Voltaire
17. I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.
~~ Jorge Luis Borges
18. CALL OR EMAIL
RICKI MCMANUIS
909-537-5659
MCMANUIS@CSUSB.EDU
If you’re interested in learning more about the
Watson and Associates Literacy Center
Or
To donate books to the Inland Empire Children’s Book Project