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MSU athletes read to kids

A man sits in a chair reading Dr. Seuss's ABC to a group of students in a classroom.

 

Springfield Public Schools celebrated Read Across America Day with our friends from Missouri State University (MSU) as they visited elementary schools across the district to read to students. 

National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America is considered the United States’ largest celebration of reading. In addition to year-round promotion of reading, Read Across America Day on March 2 celebrates reading at all ages, with special reading challenges for young readers.

Read Across America Day coincides with Dr. Seuss Day, celebrating Theodor Seuss Geisel’s birthday. With this double celebration, many classrooms specifically picked out Dr. Seuss books for their guest readers.

“I just love them,” said Lily Patterson, MSU women’s soccer player and guest reader at Westport K-8, as she exited a fourth-grade classroom. 

A woman sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students in a classroom.

While celebrating reading, the connection between SPS students and MSU athletes built strong relationships and community. In addition to the reading, SPS students got to ask the athletes questions, talk about their experiences and a couple MSU football players even joined a kindergarten classroom at Jeffries Elementary School for a brain break. 

A group of students dance in a classroom with two men in MSU football polos.

SPS will continue to invest in and celebrate reading with Drop Everything and Read Day on Thursday, March 5.

 

A woman sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students in a classroom.
A woman sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students in a classroom.
A group of students dance in a classroom with two men in MSU football polos.
A woman sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students in a classroom.
A woman sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students in a classroom.
A man sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students in a classroom.
A man sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students and two men seated on a carpet in a classroom.
A man sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students in a classroom.
A man sits in a chair in front of a group of students in a classroom.
A group of students sit on a carpet in a classroom.
A man sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students in a classroom.
A stack of Dr. Seuss books sit on the floor, leaning against a chair.
A man sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students and two men in a classroom.
A man sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students and a teacher in a classroom.
A man sits in a chair reading a book to a group of students and a teacher in a classroom.
A man sits in a chair reading Dr. Seuss's ABC to a group of students in a classroom.