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Westfield students mark Read Across America Day, too

Submitted Photo Standing: Andrew Goodell and Mayor Michael Vandevelde. Sitting: Solomon Freifeld, Lynn Morrison and Caleb Freifeld.

OBSERVER Staff Report

WESTFIELD — Westfield Academy Central School’s elementary students and staff were abuzz this month as they celebrated Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’ birthday.

Students proudly wore red, black, and white clothing along with Dr. Seuss themed apparel. Tall striped hats bobbed up and down the halls as the students traveled from one activity to the next.

Afternoon activities were enjoyed by students in grades Pre-K to 5. Multiple community organizations contributed talents and gifts to help make the celebration memorable for the children. Westfield’s YWCA donated pencils and bookmarks. They also volunteered time working with students in classrooms crafting Cat in the Hat masks and Thing 1/Thing 2 puppets.

Guest readers visited elementary classrooms as well. The United Way collaborated with Job Corps to bring guest readers in to share many of Dr. Seuss’ famous books. School administration, school board members and the school resource officer read to the students, too.

The United Way donated books to grades Pre-K to 3. Dr. Rotes donated books to students in grades Pre-K to 5.

All elementary students had the option to order deviled green eggs and ham for lunch if they wished.

Midway through the celebration, all students gathered in the auditorium for an assembly. The assembly shared information about Dr. Seuss’s life. A special reading of “The Cat in the Hat” was partner read by New York State Assemblyman Andrew Goodell and Westfield Mayor Michael Vandevelde. Everyone recited a pledge to be a good reader before heading back to their classrooms.

The afternoon ended with an elementary-wide Read-In. For 15 minutes, everyone dropped what they were doing and just read against the walls lining the hallway in the elementary wing. Some students read independently, some read with a partner, while others listened to an adult read to them.

As school let out that afternoon, students left with fun memories, big smiles and a new book or two in hand.

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