April is Public Schools Month

Raising A Reader

On April 20th, 2016 our Grand Master, Most Worshipful M. David Perry and South Bay Public Schools Chairman Kendall Mills, PM met with the Superintendent of Oak Grove Unified School District Jose Manzo, Edenvale Elementary School Principal Ryan Haven, Edenvale Elementary School teachers, students, parents as well as Masons of California in the South Bay, family and friends!  MW Perry with the assistance of Worshipful Kendall Mills, presented this year’s donation to our local schools.

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Masons of California recognize the importance of public education and child literacy. For this reason, Masons of California declared April as the Annual Public School Month. In order to support our public schools and make the difference for public education, California Masons are currently supporting two crucial state-wide education initiatives: Raising A Reader Literacy partnership, California Masons are bringing an award-winning literacy program to hundreds of at-risk kindergarten classrooms and Investing in Success Scholarship program, the fraternity is giving deserving high school seniors a chance to attain a college education.

Our Grand Master Project in partnership with Raising A Reader, can reestablish us in the public eye as a statewide champion of public schools as well as focus our resources on one critical area of need, namely: child literacy.