TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
Learning A-Z®, a Cambium Learning Group company, in collaboration
with UNICEF Kid Power, a UNICEF USA program, announced the classroom of
Rachel Paterson at Kori Nevers
Gakuin Elementary School in Japan
as the winner of its donation drive. As the classroom that donated
the most stars, Rachel Paterson's
third grade classroom will co-author a book for Learning A-Z to
share with students using Learning A-Z around the world. Students
who participated in the star donation drive, on average, read three
times more books, advanced in reading levels faster, and showed
much higher engagement than students of classrooms who did not
participate. Since the drive kicked off in March 2021, students across the United States have donated over 255,000
meals to families in need in the U.S., and students in the rest of
the world donated more than 1.6 million days of clean water to
communities around the globe.
Learning A-Z teamed up with UNICEF Kid Power on a donation drive
to motivate students to continue reading and completing their work
to support their communities. Participating students around the
world using Learning A-Z's online instructional resources
Raz-Plus®, Raz-Kids®, Headsprout®,
Science A-Z®, Vocabulary A-Z®, and Writing
A-Z® had the opportunity to convert the digital stars
they earned while completing assignments into real-world impact.
Through the program, students redeemed their stars for healthy
meals to help those facing hunger in their communities, and
students outside the U.S. had the option to redeem their stars for
water purification tablets for communities in need around the
world.
The winning classroom is a third-grade class taught by
Rachel Paterson from Kori Nevers
Gakuin Elementary School located in Osaka, Japan. The classroom will be
collaborating on a book titled "We Are Marvelous." The students
will have the freedom to choose how to represent this topic.
"We are blown away by the compassion of these students. Thanks
to their generosity, we have exceeded our expectations to provide
healthy meals and clean water to families in need," said
Lisa O'Masta, president of Learning
A-Z. "We are grateful to all of the classrooms that participated in
our star donation program — all while advancing their literacy
skills — and we continue to be inspired by their motivation to
learn and dedication to helping others."
"Here at UNICEF USA, we believe
that kids have the power to make real-life impact, and our
collaboration with Learning A-Z proves it," said Ryan Modjeski, Managing Director of UNICEF Kid
Power. "It's our mission to use our platforms to bring together the
joy of learning and literacy while giving back and helping families
locally and globally."
Learning A-Z and UNICEF Kid Power first collaborated back in the
fall of 2020. During an eight week period, students generously
donated more than 88,000 healthy meals. They each read an average
of 10% more books and earned 2,416 stars in order to help
communities in need. The two organizations collaborated again this
spring to motivate students. After reaching their initial goal of
100,000 donations, they extended the drive through April 2021, and students continued to break
donation records. Learning A-Z and UNICEF Kid Power are exploring
collaborating further and are excited to see how motivated students
will continue to create real world impact for communities in need
through learning.
About Learning A-Z
Learning A-Z® delivers
PreK–6 solutions that inspire curiosity, ensure comprehension and
instill the joy of learning for elementary students. Its
award-winning digital products, which include Reading A-Z and
Raz-Kids, are used by more than 12 million students in more than
170 countries. Learning A-Z is a Cambium Learning® Group
company.
For information, please visit www.learninga-z.com or find
us on Facebook or Twitter.
About Cambium Learning Group
Cambium Learning® Group
is the education essentials company, providing award-winning
education technology and services for K-12 markets. With an
intentionally curated portfolio of respected global brands, Cambium
serves as a leader in the education space, helping millions of
educators and students feel more universally valued every day. In
everything it does, the company focuses on the elements that are
most essential to the success of education, delivering simpler,
more certain solutions that make a meaningful difference right now.
To learn more, visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium
on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Medium. The Cambium family of
companies includes: Cambium Assessment, Lexia® Learning, Learning
A-Z®, Voyager Sopris Learning®, ExploreLearning®, Time4Learning®,
and Kurzweil Education®.
About UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in more than 190
countries and territories to pursue a more equitable world for
every child. UNICEF has helped save more children's lives than any
other humanitarian organization, by providing health care and
immunizations, safe water and sanitation, nutrition, education,
emergency relief and more.
UNICEF USA advances the global
mission of UNICEF by rallying the American public to support the
world's most vulnerable children. Together, we are working toward a
world that upholds the rights of all children and helps every child
thrive. For more information, visit www.unicefusa.org.
About UNICEF Kid Power
UNICEF Kid Power® is
a free UNICEF USA program that
offers interactive videos to help children discover how their
everyday activities—such as moving and learning—can make a
difference in the world. By getting active with UNICEF Kid Power,
kids unlock therapeutic food that UNICEF delivers to severely
malnourished children around the world and earn local impact for
causes they care about in their own communities. The more kids move
and learn, the more lives they save. Visit www.unicefkidpower.org
to learn more. To make even more impact (beyond the collaboration
between Learning A-Z and UNICEF Kid Power), sign up for free at
http://unicefkidpower.org/kidsa-z.
Media Contacts:
Erin
McCreadie
BLASTmedia for Learning A-Z
learningaz@blastmedia.com
317-806-1900 ext. 155
Nina Marie Costa
Manager of Public Relations & Entertainment Marketing
UNICEF USA
nmcosta@unicefusa.org
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