Resolution 76-15001 RESOLUTION NO. 76-15001
WHEREAS, the "Read on America" Project is designed to motivate all
students to read more extensively, for pleasure and for information; and
WHEREAS, the project will be linked to our nation's Bicentennial
effort by providing incentives for students to read about our country, its
patriots, its history, and heritage, and the creative efforts of its people;
and
WHEREAS, the course of American thought has ben directly affected
by what people have read and the way they have chosen to interpret it, and
great events that have shaped our destiny have been communicated or even
precipitated by the written word; and
WHEREAS, few would argue that the ability to read is an essential
prerequisite for an educated and enlightened citizenry, and the teaching of
reading has been a primary goal of American education in general and the Dade
County School System in particular since its very beginnings; and
WHEREAS, it is not sufficient to have merely the ability to read,
but also to utilize reading on a regular basis to maintain and improve the
skills of reading and to extend knowledge;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1 . That the City Council of Miami Beach endorses and gives
its full support to the "READ ON AMERICA" Project of the
Dade County School System, and hopes it will enjoy a
wide success among the students of the schools.
2. That a copy of this resolution be placed on the permanent
records of this Council .
THE CITY ' ,,',,,,IL OF MIAMI BEACH
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HAROLD ROS N, MAYOR
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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 76-15001
(Endorsing and supporting the "Read on
America" project of the Dade County School
System)