Parker Road Preschool Celebrates Reading

Parker Road Preschool PTO hosted a literacy breakfast on Saturday, March 24 to celebrate literacy month and the completion of their two-week long Read-A-Thon.

Starting on March 4 through March 17, students were encouraged to read one book a day at home with their caregivers. The PTO set a goal of 2,840 book for the school to read as a whole. After two weeks of reading, the students far exceeded the PTO's goal by reading nearly 4,000 books.

"Exposure to books and being read to, beginning in infancy, have been strongly correlated with later school success," said Lisa Robinson, Parker Road Preschool's Director. "It was so great to see the enthusiasm from all the families wanting to participate."

To celebrate the school's reading achievement, the PTO hosted a Literacy Breakfast on March 24. Nearly 40 families were in attendance to eat a yummy pancake breakfast and see Big Joe the Story Teller perform. Big Joe was a huge hit with all the children as laughter could be heard during his entire performance. Also in attendance was a librarian from the informing the families of all the wonderful programs aimed at children two and up. Families learned how their children could now get their own library card with their picture on it. Usborne Books was also in attendance with a wonderful book fair.

A special thank you to , and , who all provided donations helping the PTO offset the cost of the event.

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