Barrington Education Foundation

On behalf of the students and faculty at the Barrington Middle School, I would like to thank the generous contributors of the Barrington Education Foundation for the positive and lasting impact you all have made on student learning at Barrington Middle School. Your generous and sustained commitment to the rebuilding of our library collection has put books in the hands of our students and jump-started a community campaign that has brought a reading renaissance to Barrington Middle School.

The Barrington Education Foundation is a true champion of school libraries. Since its creation in 1992, BEF has supported all our school libraries in Barrington. The contributors know what research clearly proves - well-stocked school libraries greatly contribute to student achievement and to the literacy and lifelong learning for all students.

In the last two years, BEF funds have purchased over 2,000 new books, over one-third of our entire new collection, at the Barrington Middle School. BEF funds have supported books for the science curriculum, an entirely new fiction collection, an extensive geography and world cultures collection and much more. And these books are not sitting idly on the shelves - library circulation is up 810% with almost 2,000 books a month being borrowed and read from our library.

In 2001 the SALT (School Accountability for Learning and Teaching) survey identified the lack of adequate resources in the library as the number one concern of the faculty. Today, the library is a dynamic hub of student learning, in very large part, because of the generosity and support of the Barrington Education Foundation. BEF has made an enormous impact on student learning in the Barrington Middle School Library, and for all your generosity and assistance, we are very grateful.

Sincerely,
Suzanne Costa
Library Media Specialist
Barrington Middle School

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