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Read Across America is a program
sponsored by the National
Education Association (NEA) and
Dr. Suess Enterprises along with
45 national partner
organizations. The program
encourages young and old
Americans to open a book and
celebrate reading.Grade 5 students at the Hanover
Middle School were visited by
"local celebrities" who shared
their favorite books by reading
to grade 5 classes.
This
year’s celebrity readers
included Capt. Jim Gallagher
from the Hanover Fire Dept.,
DARE Officer Mike McKeever from
the Hanover Police Dept., John
Curtis Children’s Librarian
Lynne Campbell, local writer Bob
Sigsby, and John Thomson, 2007
recipient of the Spirit of
Hanover Community Service Award.
Traveling from out of state to
read was Wick Haylon, Niantic,
Connecticut’s 2007 Firefighter
of the Year.
Hanover Public Schools was
represented by celebrity readers
Dr. Kristine Nash,
Superintendent of Schools; Alice Downs, HMS School Nurse;
Shelly Grabowski, HMS Secretary;
and HMS Principal Charlie Egan.
Grade 5 students showed
their appreciation of the
efforts of these generous
community volunteers.
Photos: Ava Sigsby |
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