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Liberty Elementary School

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Liberty Elementary students in Spangle, Washington

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Liberty Elementary is part of the Liberty School District located in Eastern Washington 4 miles from the town of Spangle just south of Spokane. There are 224 students K-6 in our very rural school. We are a large district area-wise, but as you can see still a small school.

Our school is surrounded by fields and we even have a small ranch with cows across the road on one side. Many of our families work in agriculture in some fashion. We grow a lot of wheat and lentils. Due to the recent economy, we have many families facing poverty and unemployment, but you would never know it to see our students. They come to school excited and ready to learn.

Receiving the gift of books for our students is a HUGE help for our students creating more access to reading and achieving a better education. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR GIFT!

Lori Johnson, Principal

This is small school in a very large rural area in Eastern Washington, so we draw a lot of students from more economically challenged families. A lot of farmers or agricultural jobs but many unemployed. Receiving books would be a wonderful treat for all of our students and very much appreciated. Budgets are tight and we try to do fund raising to get books into the hands of students, but in these economic times and the cost of even discounted books, we do not seem to reach as many as we would like. Thank you for this opportunity.

Rhonda Veile

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Update from the Liberty Elementary School: February 2011 Update:

Check out the new pictures of thank you notes from some of the Liberty Elementary Students. They love the books!

November 22, 2010

Hello PaperBackSwap members,

Thank you so much for your fabulous donation to our school! We are looking forward to receiving the books, and we will put them to good use with our students! We serve students in grades P-8 in our school, and our students will be thrilled! Thank you!

Lori Johnson,

Principal Liberty Elementary and Junior High School

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I lived in an area this size. While a lot of things are available to them that I never saw, you don't have much money in areas fueled by agriculture. What you have is an abudance of work for little pay. Even as an 8 yr old I spent many hours in the fields. At nite I'd skip tv and go to bed and read. I believe I learned more that way than in the classrooms. This way I set my own pace. A fair amount of us were known by the librarians. The 2 voluteers, lol. The state funded new books once a year if I remember right and talk about excitement. I still loved hunting and fishing along with sports but reading was truly important in my life. I was one of those raised by the state so I could visit other lands/worlds through books. To give you and idea how much that stuck, I have around 350 books now. And I'm 64 so show these kids what other places are like. You truly would be amazed at how much they appreciate it.

William S. (wmsuspence)
11/20/2010 06:14 PM