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Deer Park Elementary Schools Kick Off READ Month
The month-long celebration emphasizes the value and enjoyment of reading books.
Press release from Deer Park School District:
March 16, 2021
READ Month kicked off this spring throughout Deer Park’s elementary schools, emphasizing the value and enjoyment of reading books.
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At John F. Kennedy Intermediate School, READ Week began on March 1 with daily themes, from wearing jerseys for Sport Your Favorite Book Day and wearing sunglasses on a beach towel for Beach Party Day, to Flashlight Friday where students read books with a flashlight and the lights off.
For the entire month, March Book Battle Madness is giving JFK’s teachers a chance to expose students to different books that they might not necessarily read in the classroom. March Book Battle Madness is structured similarly to the basketball March Madness, with books competing against each other for the championship, based on student votes.
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At John Quincy Adams Primary School, members of Deer Park’s Board of Education and district office were invited to visit the school as guest readers. Each class at JQA enjoyed a special read-aloud – either in person or virtually – to share the love of reading and inspire students to read during Read Month.
JQA also held a READ Race in conjunction with the theme of “On Your Mark...Get Set...Go Read!,” challenging each grade level to read and record their minutes. Staff members representing each grade took part in a “race” to close out READ. As a whole, the school’s students read for 43,056 total minutes over the course of two weeks, with the second-graders reading for 16,622 minutes, first graders for 12,543 minutes and the kindergartners and pre-K students reading for 13,891 minutes.
At May Moore Primary School, READ Month kicked off on March 2 with a virtual assembly with “Pete the Cat” author Eric Litwin. As a special treat for students, Pete the Cat himself visited classrooms and students were invited to dress in pajamas for afternoon milk and cookies.
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