Read Across America

“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child” - Dr. Seuss

Right: Adrian elementary students celebrated “Read Across America Day” by dressing up as their favorite character in a book.

Middle: A costume winner was selected from each classroom. Front row: Derek Miner (Clifford), kindergarten; Mackenzie Belohlavy (Ariel), kindergarten; Delana Miner, Junie B. Jones, 1st grade; Avery Bruto (a mouse), 1st grade; Evy Keating (Fancy Nancy), 1st grade. Middle row: Emma Ferguson (Hermione Granger), third grade; Zsofia Nemeth (Igraine), 3rd grade; Aaron Cochran (W.D. Harvey), 2nd grade; Kaycee Thompson (Junie B. Jones), 2nd grade; McKinley Brewster (Pippi Longstocking), 3rd grade; Haley Bolling (Mad Hatter), 2nd grade. Back row: Camryn Pruitt (Molly), 4th grade; Zackary Underwood (Posiedon), 4th grade; Cierra Pugh (Vampire), 5th grade; Zachary Hill (Mike Sweeney), 5th grade; Alexis Sass (Cinderella), 5th grade. Not pictured: Jessica Keating (Sleeping Beauty), kindergarten.

Far right: Adrian Elementary Students participated in an “Accelerated Reader (AR) Point Contest” during Read Across America Week.Students who read the most books during the week are pictured. Front row: Jackson Bass, second grade; Lucas Row, second grade. Second row: Noel Martinez, third grade; Bailey Novovesky, fourth grade; Olivia Smith, third grade; Mary Grace Wood, third grade. Third row: Morgan Tibbets, fifth grade; Trenton Bagby, fifth grade; Zackary Underwood, fourth grade. Back row: Dylan Bell, fifth grade. Not pictured: Madison Gray, second grade.