During Read Across America week, AV students were connected to our community’s love of literature! The lunch pavilion was transformed into Hogwarts from the Harry Potter series, and students saw beloved characters from Elephant and Piggy to Captain Underpants hang around on campus walls. In addition, chalk artists Mr. Jehue, Kasey Monroe, and Nora Monroe decorated sidewalks full of AV’s favorite book characters!
Mrs. Baydaline compiled book recommendations from the entire AV staff, decorated the library windows with “staff picks” for our students to explore, and encouraged students to post their favorite book titles for their peers.
On Friday, members of our community arrived to read books to our students. Former mayors, police officers and firefighters, actors, parents, school board members, AV alumni, and our very own Whiskers were among our special guests. AV’s community of PTA volunteers, parents managing dress up days, teachers and staff, and outside friends of AV joined together with a mutual love of children’s literature to make Read Across America a great week!
Thank you to all that made this happen. Thank you to our AMAZING RAA Week coordinators, Sanly Yuen, Lori Davis Denny, Ananda Kendall, and Hilary Graves for making this a beautiful and educational week!