Riley High Receives Bush Reading Grant
Riley High School has received an $8,236 grant from the Barbara Bush Foundation of Family Literacy to teach pregnant minors how to develop reading skills in their children.
Called the Books for Babies Family Project, the grant will be used to create lesson plans, buy children’s books and fund trips to local public libraries for Riley High School students, said Barbara Busch, the school’s director of curriculum. The child literacy project was instituted by the Los Angeles Public Library in 1989, Busch said.
Riley High, at 1524 E. 103 St., has 250 students in grades seven through 12 and satellite centers in Gardena and East Los Angeles. The school was one of 16 organizations selected from a national field of 655 applicants to receive Bush Foundation grants this year, Busch said.
For information on the Books for Babies Family Project at Riley High School: (213) 563-6692.
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