Photo (L-to-R): Commissioner Dennis Thomas, MEAC; Asst. Principal Dionne Crisco, Larchmont Elementary School; Superintendent Dr. Malinda Boone, Norfolk Public Schools; Yvonne Allmond, TowneBank; and Sandra Booker, Bethune Cookman University. From the 2019 Read With MEac celebration at Larchmont High School in Norfolk, Va., Tuesday, March 12, 2019.
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 30, 2019—The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has once again partnered with the City of Norfolk and Norfolk Public Schools for the annual Read with MEac community reading program, which began on Monday, Sept. 23.
The Read with MEac program, now in its 12th year, was created by the MEAC’s Senior Woman Administrators (SWA) to promote the love of reading. In Norfolk, Read with MEac encourages Norfolk Public School elementary students to read and participate in activities through the Renaissance Star Reading online program.
This year’s program will once again focus on elementary students from participating Norfolk Public Schools. Participants’ reading progress will be assessed based on the greatest scaled score gains on the Renaissance Star Reading online system from Monday to Feb. 10, 2020 to determine the winners.
Winners will be announced in a press release from the MEAC office on Feb. 20, 2020.
A celebration will take place at the first-place elementary school within Norfolk Public Schools to acknowledge their achievement on Monday, March 9, 2020 as part of the 2020 MEAC Basketball Tournament. In addition, the top two readers and top two students who have achieved the most gains will be recognized.
The schools from the selected Norfolk Public Schools with the greatest scaled score gains could win the following prizes: $2,000 for first place, $1,500 for second place, and $500 for third place. The class with the greatest scaled score gains will win $1,000.
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) begins its 49th year of intercollegiate competition heading into the 2019-20 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of 11 outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.