Central Unified's McKinley Elementary unveils book vending machine to encourage kids to read

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The McKinley Elementary School room successful the Central Unified School District is an inviting abstraction for students to propulsion up a seat and work each day.

Chapter books, sports books oregon adjacent 1 astir a grumpy monkey, there's thing for everyone.

"I similar speechmaking due to the fact that I similar imagining stuff, and it makes maine truly smart," said Charlotte Wood, a third-grade student.

Charlotte says she's been moving hard to summation her speechmaking level.

"I don't cognize however galore books I've read, but I deliberation it mightiness beryllium a lot," Charlotte said.

Now she's got different crushed to support going: the schoolhouse precocious unveiled a publication vending machine.

"We started this past year, but we're yet capable to finalize it this schoolhouse year, truthful I'm ace excited," said Principal Dr. Marilu Cano.

Cano says a teacher told the librarian, Paula Felisiano, astir the machine.

Felisiano got to enactment researching and tracking down funding.

The Central Unified Foundation, which is supported done module and unit donations, agreed to assistance with the cost.

Now, the vending instrumentality is up and moving successful the library.

Students tin gain tickets by speechmaking a publication and scoring 100% connected their Accelerated Reading test.

Those tickets spell into a peculiar bucket and, each week, six students names are drawn.

They're fixed a golden coin and they get to take a publication to instrumentality home.

Charlotte got to usage the instrumentality for the archetypal clip during our visit. She chose "Pig the Winner" due to the fact that she likes the "Pig the Pug" series.

Cano says she has acceptable speech immoderate backing to assistance replenish the books.

Feliciano besides sells snacks connected Fridays, and the wealth raised goes toward keeping the instrumentality stocked.

They some anticipation this caller concern volition assistance kids foster a emotion of reading.

"That's my extremity is that we commencement with this and small by small it conscionable becomes the passionateness for them to proceed reading." Cano said.

The schoolhouse continues looking for ways to money the publication vending machine.

They accidental the much backing they have, the much books they person and the much they tin springiness distant to students.

If you'd similar to assistance with a donation, you tin nonstop a cheque made payable to McKinley Elementary School and constitute "Library Book Vending Machine" successful the memo portion.

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