Thanks for considering our school for your school donation program. It is a very exciting and much needed opportunity for our students. Instilling the love of reading in our young students is so important and this donation would be amazing for our little learners!

Barger Academy is a fine arts elementary magnet school in the inner city Chattanooga, Tennessee with 440 students. Barger is a public Title I school, and all of our students participate in the free lunch program. Our mission at BAFA is to improve our students’ higher order thinking skills and to develop responsible members of society. This means that our students need to become proficient readers, and many of our students are reading below grade level. Our fabulous classroom teachers teach using a Balanced Literacy Program, which includes shared, interactive,guided and independent reading and writing. In addition, our students participate in additional interventions to help them achieve their reading goals.

By considering Barger Academy for a book donation, you are supporting our students and families. Your generosity is much appreciated. Our students will be so excited to receive these books to take home to practice reading and to share with their siblings and parents!

Thank you again,
Sonya Chase
Teacher