ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN 10 CITIES TO TAKE READING TOUR ACROSS AMERICA
NATIONAL CITY, Calif. – Elementary school students from National
City and nine other cities throughout the U.S. will take a five-day journey in
reading across America beginning Feb. 27 without having to leave their
classroom seats.
Dr. Leighangela Brady, superintendent of San Diego County’s National School District, will read a children’s book to two classes of sixth-grade students a day in her 10-school district as well as concurrently to students at other schools throughout the country, using Face Time or Google Hangout video telephony technologies.
The book, “Last Stop on Market Street,” is by Matthew de la Peña, an award-winning children’s book author who attended elementary school in Brady’s district.
The first participating school will be in New York; after which the tour will move south and westward to other schools, ending March 3 in San Diego. At that time, Brady will challenge her district’s sixth-grade students to write their own picture books. Each school will then select its winning entry to be submitted to the district’s Governing Board for final selection. The winning entry will have an opportunity to be published.
The virtual reading tour is inspired by the nationwide
one-day “Read Across America” reading motivation and awareness program
scheduled for March 2, the birth date of Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr.
Seuss.
“This program connects both reading and writing skills for our sixth graders which will contribute greatly to their future success as they progress through their education and into adulthood,” Brady said. “At the same time, our students will be interacting with and learning from their counterparts at the other participating schools all across the country.”
