PHILIPSBURG:--With a grand kick-off party on Friday March 19 the Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise and the Philipsburg Jubilee Library started the READERS ARE LEADERS program. Leader of Government and Commissioner William Marlin officially opened the program and emphasized the importance of literacy and reading. He encouraged all the young people on St. Maarten to join the program and start reading books.The program aims at students on the secondary schools. The goal is to stimulate reading by teenagers and to show that reading is fun! Reading is important to develop yourself, to develop imagination and curiosity and it let's you think outside the box. The children are challenged to read at least two book per month for the next half year. Besides fun books of your own choice, you should at least select and read about or from leading persons of St. Maarten, the Caribbean and the world.
The most active readers will be awarded with a prize. For more information there is a library page on Facebook as well as a Readers are Leaders fan page. The next coming weeks staff of the library will visit the schools and explain more about the program but you do not have to wait for that to join. If you want to register for the program and also join the online Book Club, visit the library website www.stmaartenlibrary.org or contact the library by phone : 542 2970 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
