April 2022
SCHOOL BEAT
Literacy Comes Alive @ Worley Elementary Students enjoy guest readers. The National Education Association started “National Read Across America Day” in 1998 to get children excited about books. It happens every year on March 2, to honor Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Worley Elementary students kicked off Read Across America Day on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, with guest readers, a book giveaway, and a special visit from Pup the Dog. “Each year, during Read Across America Day, we have the great opportunity to bring in volunteer readers that get to share their love of reading with our students in grades K-6,” said Halli Clevenger, Literacy/Numeracy Teacher at Worley Elementary. This is something our school community has always looked forward to, but this year staff and students seemed extra enthusiastic as we were able to bring Brenda Allen from Molina Healthcare, Stephanie Nunez, and John Long both of The Fatherhood Coalition to share some of their favorite children’s books and we watched as they spent time bringing the characters to life for our youngest readers.
Teachers have dedicated time each day to read some of their favorite books and engage students as they share information about the authors and illustrators. Students were excited to be able to participate in the spirit of Right to Read Week by participating in each day’s reading theme which was chosen to promote literacy by increasing the number of reading opportunities each day. Here at Worley, we believe in the power that reading has to transform lives and open our minds to all of life’s possibilities. Worley Elementary was especially excited to share our students with our guest readers and hope that our students will continue to set aside time for reading at home every day.
“This year just feels so great to be able to celebrate our students becoming true readers as their skills have been growing strong all school year long,” said Principal Renee Brown of this year’s kickoff event. At Worley, teachers spend the next week after the kickoff event sharing their enthusiasm for reading with fun events planned that continue to build on the excitement of the kickoff event as we head straight into Right to Read Week. Brenda Allen from Molina Healthcare shared a treasure with Mrs. Kirby-Kulma’s Kindergarten Class.
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