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News and events related to LEAF’s PAKRAT program

PAKRAT/PAKCAT Starts summer bus schedule

July 14, 2020
Come and Pick Up a Free Book! We’re bringing the PAKRAT Roll and Read Book Bus back to you this summer in a different way.  This year, we want to give you a new book to keep! What: The PAKRAT Roll and Read book bus will be coming to a neighborhood near you! Please come and select a free book! We will also have a math bag with activities for you! The bus…
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United Way supports LEAF’s PAKRAT Program

June 12, 2020
On May 28, Sara Martini and Bruce Hentges stopped by the United Way office to pick up nearly 1,500 books donated to PAKRAT by the United Way.  The books were left over from the United Way’s Imagination Library effort and will be distributed to District 742 students through the summertime Roll & Read PAKRAT Bus.
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PAKRAT Success 2018-2019

September 4, 2019
PAKRAT DATA for 2018-2019 TOTAL BOOKS READ DISTRICT WIDE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR: 159,322 Roll and Read Book Bus Summer of 2019: 1,852 children checked out 4,614 books
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LEAF Receives Two New Grants

May 17, 2019
Good News: Yesterday (05/16/2019), we were informed that we will receive two separate grants in support of LEAF efforts: 1.  $21,000 from the Richard Schulze Foundation (Best Buy) in support of the PAKRAT Program. This will allow us to continue to expand the PAKRAT library in our 9 elementary and preschool buildings as well as the summer Roll & Read …
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New PAKRAT Video

February 28, 2018
A new PAKRAT video has been produced for our Gannett/USA Today grant application that describes the school year and summer program.
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Vote for PAKRAT

January 7, 2018
Make the PAKRAT Program a Winner! There’s $60,000 on the line, so keep reading to learn how you can support our program. Our PAKRAT program is in the running to be considered one of the most innovative school programs and we need your support to win!
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