mayor reading to students

LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NJ โ€“ Our district-wide celebration of ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ "๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š" ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก is off to a fantastic start! ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ญ๐ข๐ฒ๐š ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ฌ and Derek Armstead Mayor of Linden kicked off the week with vibrant and engaging classroom readings at School No. 8 ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

On Monday, March 3, Superintendent Perkins visited Ms. Amanda Schweikardt's 5th-grade reading class and Ms. Hadya Williams' 3rd-grade math class. The following day, Mayor Armstead visited Ms. Joan Dolan's Kindergarten class and Ms. Kim Picciano's 1st-grade class.

Wide-eyed and engaged, students eagerly listened and asked questions as they journeyed through stories like "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด" ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ. ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด' "๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต."

Stay tuned as we continue to spotlight dynamic guest readers throughout the month of March. These incredible individuals will bring books to life with interactive storytelling and immersive literary adventures that will ignite a love of reading in every student!

Started by the National Education Association in 1997, Read Across America is the nationโ€™s largest celebration of reading, designed to motivate young readers and inspire them to develop and celebrate great reading habits. Linden is proud to lead the way!

Check out the excitement from School No. 8 as we kick off this month-long celebration of imagination and creativity!

Letโ€™s continue to create and celebrate a nation of diverse readers, one story at a time!