The NYS PTA Pick A Reading Partner (PARP) Program is a family-centered literacy initiative designed to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading. Through PARP, students are invited to read for at least 20 minutes each day with a partner they choose—such as a parent, grandparent, sibling, or caregiver—helping to strengthen both literacy skills and family engagement in education.

PARP promotes the idea that reading together at home supports academic success while building positive reading habits. By bringing families, schools, and communities together around books, the program helps create a culture where reading is valued, shared, and celebrated.

One class in each Elementary building will be awarded a Pizza Party towards the end of the year. How do you help your class win?

A reading log was sent home with scholars! Write in your minutes on the sheet and have your reading partner initial each day, and don’t…