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BASIS Independent McLean 3's Class Joins Read Across America

BASIS Independent McLean Pre-kindergarten Students Participated in Read Across America

L to R: BASIS Independent McLean Head (BIM) Head of School Paul Geise with BIM pre-K instructors: Ciera Johnson and Maria Paula Echandia with BIM 3-year-old class. Geise read the class one of the Elephant & Piggie books by author, Mo Willems.
L to R: BASIS Independent McLean Head (BIM) Head of School Paul Geise with BIM pre-K instructors: Ciera Johnson and Maria Paula Echandia with BIM 3-year-old class. Geise read the class one of the Elephant & Piggie books by author, Mo Willems. (Mary Cunningham)

BASIS Independent McLean pre-kindergarten students participated in Read Across America with BIM instructors and BIM Head of School, Paul Geise. For more information on BASIS Independent McLean, go to http://mclean.basisindependent.com.

“Reading is so central to education and it’s a joy both to see so many children excited about reading as well as to share in it!” said Paul Geise, head of school of BASIS Independent McLean in McLean, Va.

About Read Across America: The National Education Association offers Read Across America, a year-round program to help motivate kids to read, bring the joys of reading to students of all ages and make all children feel valued and welcome. https://www.readacrossamerica.org/about-read-across-america/

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ABOUT BASIS Independent McLean: BASIS Independent Schools offers the high-achieving BASIS Curriculum, which was founded in 1998 and educates preschool to grade 12 students at the highest international levels, preparing them to be participants, not spectators, in the 21st Century global workforce of commerce and innovation. In this 2019-2020 academic year, there are 11 schools in the network, including six independent schools in the U.S. including California, New York, and Northern Virginia; five international schools in China; and one in Bangkok.

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