ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS



= **Thank You Volunteers** = It must be acknowledged that this type of reading incentive program would not be possible without the support of the principal, school staff and parent volunteers. The following people have been especially helpful in making this year's program a success. = = = = =** Program Credits **= = = = = = **Training Videos** = Special thanks to teachers Jenn Emmett, Kristie Lambert, Vicki Bell and Jan Rhein for preparing training videos for Birch Meadow Elementary School staff and fifth graders. We are making these videos available to those visiting this website who would like to do this fun FLASH MOB at their own school.
 * //- Parents have worked on program planning, graphics, collateral, record keeping, and documentation.//Tullie Warshauer thanks Karen Johnson, Tim Johnson, Kim Peacock, Marla Hoyt, Lynnette Walsh, Geoffrey Coram, Cheryl and Kevin Bourque, Melanie Lawhorne, Kathy Kinney, Jen Reilly, Julie Haley, Meg Belezos, Dina Tangney, Lori Weston, Julie Callahan, Deb Wiese, Laura Monahan, Carrie Burns, Nicole O'Neill, Samantha Weld, and Kathy DiSciullo for all the extra time and effort that they have contributed to the program.
 * //- Teachers and other school staff have worked on program planning, dance choreography, collateral and technology support.// Tullie Warshauer thanks Jenn Emmett, Patrick McCracken, Kristie Lambert, Jan Rhein, Vicki Bell, Carol Chapman, and Leana Vrenangr for all the extra time and effort that they have contributed to the program.
 * //- Many fifth graders practiced and learned the dance steps for the Flash Mob program introduction.// Tullie Warshauer thanks the fifth graders who volunteered to participate and came to practices before school and during lunch recess. I cannot list their names, but I want them to know how much their enthusiasm and willingness to participate was appreciated.
 * - Reading incentive program created and designed by Tullie Warshauer, Birch Meadow Library Media Teacher, Reading, MA
 * - "Get Fit With Lit" program idea and sneaker craft project shared by Connie Krueger, Huckleberry Hill School Library Media Specialist, Lynnfield, MA
 * - Read 100K website and graphics courtesy of Scholastic Book Fairs at[] (Parents can use calculator at this website, but do not sign students up for the program. We have signed up all the individual classrooms in the school and are keeping track of classroom, grade level and school progress with this website.)
 * - "Gotta Keep Reading" song lyrics adaptation by Nicole Nasrallah and Janet Bergh of Ocoee Middle School, Orange County Public Schools used for our two FLASH MOB presentations at Birch Meadow School. Music with the "Gotta Keep Reading" lyrics retrieved from YouTube at[| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNpNfhpqDk4].

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