City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2004-0124

• File #: 2004-0124
• Version: 1
• Type: Proclamation
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/24/2004
• In control: City Council
• Enactment date: 2/24/2004
• Enactment #: 49
• Title: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh encourages everyone in the City to stop what they are doing at 10:15AM to spend the next 15 minutes reading a newspaper, book, magazine or other material of their choosing. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that March 2, 2004 be hereby declared Literacy Day in the City of Pittsburgh.
• Sponsors: Gene Ricciardi, Len Bodack, Twanda Carlisle, Alan Hertzberg, Jim Motznik, William Peduto, Luke Ravensthal, Douglas Shields, Sala Udin
• Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MS. PAYNE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/24/2004	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass

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WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh Board of Education has designated Literacy as a top priority in the City of Pittsburgh; and

WHEREAS, the District's goal is that all children learn to read by the end of third grade; and

WHEREAS, the School District is asking all parents and other stakeholders to demonstrate their commitment to literacy by acknowledging the importance of literacy and learning in their daily lives; and

WHEREAS, March 2nd is celebrated as the anniversary of the birth of Dr. Seuss, one of the nation's foremost authors of children's literature; and

WHEREAS, all schools in the City of Pittsburgh are planning special literacy activities on Tuesday, March 2nd in celebration of Dr. Seuss's 100^th birthday; and

WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh School District is designating March 2nd, from 10:15 to 10:30AM as "Drop Everything and Read" time.

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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh encourages everyone in the City to stop what they are doing at 10:15AM to spend the next 15 minutes reading a newspaper, book, magazine or other material of their choosing.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that March 2, 2004 be hereby declared Literacy Day in the City of Pittsburgh.