Cedarcrest has been chosen along with five other Washington State schools to receive one of eight reading grants from a $4.4 million program will help improve adolescent literacy.

OLYMPIA — October 13, 2009 -Washington is one of eight states to receive federal money to help struggling readers, the Department of Education announced last week. “The great thing about this project is that it assists us with one of my main priorities – to reduce the achievement gap and the dropout rate,” said Randy Dorn, state superintendent of public instruction. “Many studies have shown the importance of literacy in determining student success. By giving struggling readers additional help, we’ll not only keep them in school, we’ll help them be successful.”