A benefit for Stockton’s Pulliam Elementary School
Tuleburg Press would like your help in enhancing the Pulliam Elementary School Library and increasing the access of Pulliam students to engaging books. In 2022-2023, a large majority of these students (79%) qualified for free or reduced lunch. In other words, they lived in households with incomes below, at, or somewhat above the poverty level. These students have far less access to books in the home than do middle-class students—making the quality of the school library all the more important. Almost 20% of Pulliam students have a first language other than English and are not yet fluent in English.
For these students, too, it is crucial they have access to books that engage them and promote English acquisition and reading development. In 2021-2022 (the most recent testing data available), 18.07% of Pulliam students scored proficient in English Language Arts. The majority of the school’s students (56.54%) scored at level 1, significantly below proficiency, the lowest level of achievement measured by the state assessment. Please donate money or new and gently used books to support Pulliam’s young readers.
Make checks out to Tuleburg Press Children’s Book and Fund Drive (or TPCBFD). Write Pulliam on the memo line. Of course, you may also donate by using PayPal. Thanks for your generosity. Please contact Sam Hatch at shatch@deltacollege.edu if you have questions or if you would like to donate new or gently used books or to help Pulliam students in some other way.
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