LADWP Recognizes Students for Reading Achievement

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power managers and staff will honor Union Avenue Elementary School students who have excelled in their reading skills with ribbons and medals at the “Reading Olympics” award ceremony.

LADWP lineworkers will also be present to give students a bucket truck demonstration.

James McDaniel, Assistant General Manger, LADWP Water System 
Joe Narduli, Principal, Union Avenue Elementary School
LADWP managers and reading coaches, students and teachers 

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
8:00 a.m.

Union Avenue Elementary School
150 South Burlington Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90057

Note: Event will take place in the school yard.

Union Avenue Elementary is one of fifteen LADWP’s adopted schools as part of its Adopt-a-School educational outreach program.  Department employees volunteer their time, skills and experience to schools in the local community, assisting students with reading, homework and developing study skills.  The program demonstrates measureable improvement in reading scores based on the Open Court Program tests among participating students and classes that have LADWP Reading Coaches.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the nation’s largest municipal utility, provides clean, reliable water and power and excellent customer service in a safe, environmentally responsible and cost-effective manner. LADWP services about 1.4 million electric customers and 680,000 water customers in Los Angeles.