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Glendale school celebrates Literacy Week
Photos courtesy of Jennifer Velez/Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
BY MORGAN CHITTUM
EDITORIAL@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
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Over 200 students at Sacred
Heart Catholic Academy in
Glendale celebrated their fifi rst
ever Literacy Week this month. The
event is dedicated to recognizing the
importance of reading.
Sacred Heart Kindergarten
teacher Jennifer Velez says the
week was a great way to bring the
students together to share their
affinity for reading.
“We thought promoting literacy
in students was really important
for their love of reading and we feel
that literacy is important because it
brings our students into a lifelong
community of learning. It engages
our students in meaningful ways,”
Velez said.
Li terac y We ek fe atured
activities around students’ favorite
books, characters and literaryrelated
events.
Students from the nursery to
the third grade participated in a
Character Scavenger Hunt where
they searched for different book
characters throughout the school.
Children saw characters such
as Harry Potter, Fancy Nancy,
Paddington Bear and Pinkalicous.
They also brought in flashlights
and blankets for Cozy Reading/
Buddy Reading Day. They had the
opportunity to read with an older
student or peer of the same age.
In addition, the week had a Read
a Shirt Day, a visit from author
Stephanie Insalaco and Mystery
Reader Day, where as a surprise
family members and teachers read
their favorite books to a class.
According to Velez, the children
particularly enjoyed dressing up
as their favorite book character
and meeting Pete The Cat.
“We wanted something fun. We
wanted for them to enjoy it, to
share their love for reading, for
their love of characters and that’s
really what it was this week,”
said Velez.
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