An elementary school in Jefferson is using a new app to move storytime outside of the classroom, the Daily Jefferson County Union reports. 

West Elementary School students can take advantage of this opportunity through a new Facebook feature being debuted this fall through the Jefferson school’s Facebook page.

The new Facebook “Bedtime Stories” program is an outgrowth of the school’s Literacy Committee, which formed a couple of years ago and which has been meeting regularly ever since to come up with new 

events and efforts aimed at increasing students’ literacy and making reading fun.

One of the most important factors in a youngster’s future literacy is being read to as a small child, especially when that reading time is celebrated as a fun ritual.

The Literacy Committee includes principal Mike Howard and other staff representatives from a variety of grades and areas, including one specializing in English Language Learners.

The group has set its purpose as instilling a love of reading in students, with the vision of making West into a “community of readers.”

Starting last week, the school has invited one staff member per week to share a favorite bedtime story.

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