Focusing on reading at Van Schaick Grade School

During the month of March, Van Schaick Grade School students and their families are focusing on reading.
March is considered Parents as Reading Partners (PARP) month at the school.

To celebrate, students have been participating in activities each week that highlight reading. For example, earlier in the month, different grades read to each other and the Cat in the Hat paid a visit.

All month long, students are keeping track of how much they read at home to earn stamps on their "toll tickets." The tickets are part of the month's these, "Take a Reading Road Trip."

Recently, John Wilhelm, a well-traveled history teacher at Cohoes High School spoke to students about his adventures during an assembly. He showed pictures of the many areas he has traveled to, such as Egypt, Hawaii, London and New Orleans.

To prepare for his visit, students thought of a favorite place they had visited or a place that they would like to visit. After his presentation, students wrote about that topic.