{"id":3622,"date":"2025-08-12T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2025-08-12T09:14:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:14:18","slug":"mde-announces-nine-regional-literacy-meetings-for-families-of-k-3-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/2025\/08\/12\/mde-announces-nine-regional-literacy-meetings-for-families-of-k-3-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MDE announces nine regional literacy meetings for families of K-3 students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWS RELEASE<br \/>\n<\/strong>For Immediate Release: \u00a0August 12, 2025<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3624 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/08\/Strong-Readers-Regional-Meetings-for-Families_2.png\" alt=\"Strong Readers Regional Meetings for Families\" width=\"680\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/08\/Strong-Readers-Regional-Meetings-for-Families_2.png 680w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/08\/Strong-Readers-Regional-Meetings-for-Families_2-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>MDE announces nine regional literacy meetings for families of K-3 students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The Mississippi Department of Education will host nine regional literacy meetings across the state from Sept. 9-23, for families of students in kindergarten through third grade.<\/p>\n<p>At the meetings, families will receive an overview of the Literacy-Based Promotion Act (LBPA), the state law concerning literacy and assessment, as well as strategies that can be used at home to help students improve their reading skills. The LBPA focuses on prevention and intervention to help children develop the reading skills required for fourth grade. Family engagement is also a critical component of students\u2019 reading success.<\/p>\n<p>Session time at all locations is 6-7 p.m.\u00a0No registration is required. Check out family resources:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/strongreadersms.com\/\"><u>strongreadersms.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Families in all surrounding communities are invited to attend regardless of the location.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See dates and location of sessions below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 9 \u2013\u00a0 Central Services Boardroom, 5 East South St. in Hernando<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 9 \u2013\u00a0 Bates Elementary, 3180 McDowell Road Ext. in Jackson<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 9 \u2013 Artis T. Williams, Sr. City Auditorium, 901 Monroe St. in Vicksburg<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 9 \u2013 Nora Davis Elementary, 1305 Martin Luther King Ave. in Laurel<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 16 \u2013 D.M. Smith Elementary, 715 S Martin Luther King Dr. in Cleveland<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 16 \u2013 Family Education Center, 3524 Prentiss Ave. in Moss Point<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 16 \u2013 Reeves Elementary School, 214 Augustine Dr. in Long Beach<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18 \u2013 Shirley Elementary, 210 Daniel Lake Blvd. in Jackson<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 23 \u2013 Brandon Central Office Boardroom, 2630 McArthur Dr. in Columbus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find all MDE news releases at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdek12.org\/news\"><u>mdek12.org\/news<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean Cook, APR<br \/>\nChief of Communication<br \/>\n601-359-3515<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jcook@mdek12.org\">jcook@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shanderia Minor<br \/>\nPublic Information Officer<br \/>\n601-359-3515<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:sminor@mdek12.org\">sminor@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The Mississippi Department of Education will host a nine regional literacy meetings across the state from Sept. 9-23, for families of students in kindergarten through third grade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3622"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3641,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622\/revisions\/3641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}