Local schools celebrated Read Across America March 1 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which was March 2, with guest readers, dressing up and reading their favorite books. Naugatuck Mayor Robert Mezzo reads to second-grade students at Salem Elementary School. –LUKE MARSHALL
Local schools celebrated Read Across America March 1 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which was March 2, with guest readers, dressing up and reading their favorite books. Hop Brook Elementary kindergarten teacher Audrey Mehr, left, narrates ‘Horton Hatches an Egg’ by Dr. Seuss while first-grade teacher Debbie Langdon, center, plays the part of Horton and reading teacher Rachel Maher plays the part of Maizie. –LUKE MARSHALL
Local schools celebrated Read Across America March 1 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which was March 2, with guest readers, dressing up and reading their favorite books. Annette Hart, a fifth-grade teacher at Community School in Prospect, reads ‘The Giving Tree,’ by Shel Silverstein to her class dressed as a giving tree. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Local schools celebrated Read Across America March 1 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which was March 2, with guest readers, dressing up and reading their favorite books. State Rep. Lezlye Zupkus (R-89) reads, ‘I Am Not Going To Get Up Today!’ by Dr. Seuss to third-graders in Marcia Beltrami’s class at Algonquin School in Prospect. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Local schools celebrated Read Across America March 1 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which was March 2, with guest readers, dressing up and reading their favorite books. First-graders at Hop Brook Elementary School in Naugatuck read the poem ‘Sick’ by Shel Silverstein during an assembly at the school. –LUKE MARSHALL
Naugatuck Mayor Robert Mezzo, right, recently welcomed Dr. Victor Chueng to the borough. Chueng, a graduate of Columbia University Dental School, is the owner of the Connecticut Center for Restorative Dentistry on Water Street, an office he bought last year. ‘Being welcomed by Mayor Mezzo is an honor. It’s always a pleasure to put a face with a name. Or in my case, a set of teeth with a name,’ Chueng said. –CONTRIBUTED
Local schools celebrated Read Across America March 1 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which was March 2, with guest readers, dressing up and reading their favorite books. Eighth-graders from Long River Middle School Melanie Vieira, left, and Olivia Rua read to students in Jill Medina’s kindergarten class at Algonquin School in Prospect. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Local schools celebrated Read Across America March 1 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which was March 2, with guest readers, dressing up and reading their favorite books. First-graders at Hop Brook Elementary School read the poem “And the Answer is…” by Carol Diggory Shields. –LUKE MARSHALL
