Partners for educational success Estrie (Projet PREÉ) selected reading and writing as an important elements to consider in pursuing educational success because mastery of a language is often considered to be the “key to learning,” enabling a better understanding of other subjects and facilitating learning. Various studies on school success support the fact that reading is also essential in order to fully participate in today's society: using the Internet or automated teller machines, browsing through magazines and newspapers, reading your doctor's prescription or a voting ballot… If we can offer children the opportunity to discover reading and writing at an early age and stress the importance of these skills every day, their interest will grow on a daily basis. This will make learning in school easier and increase young people's chances of success. Reading is present in two of the six priority intervention areas selected by the Table estrienne de concertation interordres en éducation (TECIE) in its action plan (areas 1 and 2). These six priority intervention areas are the result of a complete review of research on effective interventions; i.e. those that led to a significant reduction in dropping out. Research on dropping out of school or abadonning school is extensive and demonstrates the close relationship that exists between poor results in reading and writing and the high probability of dropping out. In light of this information, the Projet PRÉE team created three brochures for parents. They were developed with help from French curriculum consultants, the Université de Sherbrooke's research chair in reading and writing, an associate professor, and the coordinator of the Centre de services éducatifs populaires du Haut-Saint-François. These valuable tools aim to: • Provide practical tools to parents and students, • Guide parents in helping their children develop an interest in reading, • Support parents in helping their children learn to read on a daily basis, • Promote reading and initiate positive momentum in terms of the importance placed on reading by young estriens.