Engaging Readers: An After School Book Club Story

What happens when an entire school comes together around a single book? In this session, explore how one school implemented an engaging, inclusive, and community-centered after-school book club program open to all students, staff, and families. Learn how the program boosted student motivation, introduced students to new genres and diverse voices, and fostered authentic conversations and activities beyond the classroom. You’ll walk away with a framework for designing your own after-school family book club, including funding sources, book selection strategies, social media engagement tips, and ideas for fostering family and multigrade level connections across a building. Whether you work in an elementary school or a middle school, this book club model is flexible, adaptable, and very impactful.