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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Joy- Power -Possibilities- Through Diverse Literature- Registration is Open Now!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Hello Educators!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
<img width="427" height="352" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D55383.58FC7960"></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Please register for our 12<sup>th</sup> annual reading conference below. We are excited to bring you a literacy packed day that will be held at the beautiful
 campus of Oklahoma City University this year on September the 20<sup>th.</sup></span><sup><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Our theme is “Joy, Power, Possibilities. Through Diverse Literature.” There will be two opening phenomenal keynote speakers and a lot of amazing literacy
 colleagues and many specialty speakers as well. Many sought after Oklahoma educators and also the incredible Oklahoma School for the Deaf and the Oklahoma School for the Blind will be presenting in the afternoon breakout sessions as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Feel free to share this link with your pre k-12<sup>th</sup> grade reading, special education and English teachers or higher education faculty and colleagues
 who teach reading as well. Thank you for your interest in our conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#2B2E2F"><a href="https://appengine.egov.com/apps/ok/annual-reading-conference"><span style="color:blue">https://appengine.egov.com/apps/ok/annual-reading-conference</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#548DD4">Warm Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#548DD4">Missy Foster, M.Ed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#4A442A">“It is easier to build strong children, than to repair broken men.” Frederick Douglas<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Collegiate Grants </span>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Teach Oklahoma </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:gray">   Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:gray">   Oklahoma City, Okla. 73104-3603</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:gray">   Office 405.225.9197</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:gray">   Fax 405.225.9300</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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