![]() The addition of gifted age-appropriate books further encourages literacy outside the classroom, especially since Title I schools are included in the RARCC visitation schedule. Jenny Billings, chair of the Rowan-Cabarrus English department, and English instructor Jade Bittle, RARCC has grown from a visit to a single school the first year to include as many as nine schools in a year. The project, launched by Rowan-Cabarrus as a literacy initiative in partnership with the Rowan Rotary Club, quickly grew to encompass both Rowan and Cabarrus counties. ![]() Each year, readers fan out across the counties to visit classrooms, reading books aloud with second graders and gifting them with their own book to take home. ![]() – For the past 10 years, volunteers from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and the surrounding community have brought the joy of reading to area elementary school students through the College’s Read Across Rowan and Cabarrus Counties (RARCC) initiative. ![]()
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