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    Laurel Bay Schools celebrate Read Across America

    Laurel Bay Schools celebrate Read Across America

    Photo By Cpl. Timothy Norris | Once a year, near the birthday of the renowned author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better...... read more read more

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SC, UNITED STATES

    03.07.2014

    Story by Cpl. Timothy Norris 

    Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. - Once a year, near the birthday of the renowned author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, schools across America celebrate reading books.

    The National Education Association formed Read Across America as a way to help students, teachers and everyone in between share in a celebration of reading.

    “Read Across America is a program to inspire children to read and learn to enjoy to read,” said Amanda Wright, the Robert E. Galer Elementary School media specialist. “(To inspire them) to pick up a book instead of turning on the television.”

    Geisel’s birthday is March 2, but Laurel Bay schools celebrate for about a week and include a variety of activities that encourage students to develop a love for reading.

    “Literacy is the foundation of every child’s education,” said President Barack Obama in the 2014 Read Across America Proclamation. “It opens doorways to opportunity, transports us across time and space, and binds family and friends closer together. When parents, educators, librarians, and mentors read with children, they give a gift that will nourish souls for a lifetime.”

    Wright coordinated the events for Galer Elementary which include a crazy sock day, hat day and mismatched clothes day each to celebrate a different Dr. Seuss book. The celebration ended with children bringing their favorite book to share with classmates.

    “We have guest readers from all walks of life come in,” Wright said. “It is a fine example to all the children here at the school to see a maintenance man, a fire chief, or the superintendent of schools, reading a book to them and laughing with them.”

    Wright added that although reading in school is great, reading is more important in the home.

    “Children learn by example,” she said. “They need to see their parents reading for pleasure at home. Children who continue to read through the summer maintain their level of learning. I encourage parents to read to their children or listen to their children read to them.”

    Wright added that Read Across America doesn’t have to be the end of encouraging a child to read. There are numerous libraries in Beaufort County making books easily accessible to children at school, on base, or in town.

    “If you can improve one child’s life it’s all worth it,” Wright concluded.

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    Date Taken: 03.07.2014
    Date Posted: 03.07.2014 12:22
    Story ID: 121667
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SC, US

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