Schools
Storied Time: Governor Visits Cheyenne Students
Snyder reads two Michigan-centric books to Cheyenne Elementary School students in honor of March is Reading Month.
The walls of are lined with reminders to “pop open a good book.” Gov. Rick Snyder paid a special visit to the the school to reinforce that message, by reading two tomes to all 830 students.
Snyder’s stop-over was timed in conjunction with March is Reading Month festivities. Schools all over the area are inviting writers, politicians and more to get kids excited about the joys of reading.
Snyder read two Michigan-centric books to two groups of Cheyenne students. He read The Legend of the Sleeping Bear, by Kathy-Jo Wargin, to grades three, four and five; and Annie Appleford’s M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet, to kindergarten, first- and second-grade students. The books were chosen by Cheyenne Principal Dr. Don Brosky, in large part due to their Michigan interests and roots.
The governor stopped in after being invited by kindergarten teacher Terry Osborne, who presented Snyder with an engraved paperweight as a thank-you. Osborne said it represented four important things: To learn, listen, laugh and love. Snyder accepted the item and thanked her and the students, joking “we can use that advice in Lansing.”
The wonders of modern wizardry made the reading experience all the more more vivid to the students. The school used its Smart Board Technology and document cameras to display the pages of the book as Snyder read from them. That way they could follow along and enjoy the books’ colorful illustrations.
