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Turtleback Elementary Celebrates Diversity with International Reading Day
For five years, the school has brought in guest readers to share books from different cultures.
Japan. Scotland. Ireland. France.
All were represented during International Reading Day on Friday, when guest readers from the community came to share stories from around the world.
Coordinator Anne-Laure Le Reverend has been a parent at Turtleback since 1999, and has been working as a French Language contractor for the government since 2004. The International Reading Day event—which usually happens around Dr. Seuss' March 2 birthday—gives students a chance to hear stories from readers who come from the cultures on which the stories are based. Around five years ago, the reading day replaced an annual international potluck at the school after new food policies restricted potlucks for students.
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board member Linda Vanderveen was one of several volunteers who shared stories. Vanderveen, decked out in green attire, read a book about Ireland to Melissa Marshall's second grade class.
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