AACPS Students To Engage In Literature Readings On Presidents Day

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — On the heels of their successful reading initiative on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., day, students involved in Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ Let’s Talk Justice initiative have decided to spend part of their Presidents Day holiday in service to fellow students by reading and exposing them to diverse literature.

Let’s Talk Justice Reads! is a virtual read-aloud event designed to provide learning opportunities for students to engage with materials that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Six county high school students will read five age-appropriate books to their elementary counterparts Monday. Readings will be done at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., as well as at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. in Google classrooms and are accessible to county students. Families outside of AACPS can email letstalkjustice@aacps.org to receive access to the Google Meet. Some of the works will be read in Spanish as well.

“I continue to be amazed at the way our students give so freely of their time to serve others,” AACPS Superintendent George Arlotto said in a news release. “We had phenomenal feedback from the first Let’s Talk Justice Reads! event and I am so grateful to these students for being so willing to do this again for their elementary school counterparts.”

A list of the works being read and the schedule of readings can be found at www.aacps.org/letstalkjustice.