Our Literature Program
Literature has always been an essential part of PAGE.
In 2010, we started with reading groups led by three College Interns – many meeting with girls outside on a small wooden stage outside the Spring Creek Community Center. Since then, our Interns have every year led PAGE girls through reading journeys. Small groups of 6-8 girls meet with our Interns each afternoon in our annual Summer Program: reading through a young adult novel, memoir, or poetry collection; sharing thoughts and questions; and developing new understandings of the world – and themselves.
Over the years, PAGE participants have read hundreds of YA books. Some are literary classics, like A Wrinkle in Time. Others are diaries or memoirs by girls living in other places and times: Anne Frank’s heart-wrenching diary from the war years in Amsterdam or Malala Yousafzai’s inspiring memoir, I Am Malala.
PAGE’s Literature Program has emerged as one of its most impactful and popular programs. Our PAGE Evaluation, part of our commitment to research and continual improvement, has confirmed that reading is having an impact on girls’ academic confidence, their social well-being, and their positive engagement with PAGE.
We believe that our Literature Program is supporting our mission: to inspire and empower girls through high-quality education.
Girls are gaining a new sense of themselves as readers and empowered local and global citizens through engaging with literature in our reading groups.
