Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES students celebrated Read Across America 2021 with help from a group of L3Harris Technologies professionals who volunteered as readers. Three K-4 classrooms at Spencerport’s Terry Taylor Elementary School and two K-3 classes at Kendall Elementary School welcomed the virtual visitors via Zoom. The guest readers shared two books with their hosts - “Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race” by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling, and “Georgia’s Terrific Colorific Experiment” by Zoe Persico. Both picture books feature grade-level explorations of exciting Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) concepts.

 

Interspersed with the stories were many questions from both sides of the video screens. Readers wanted to know more about the students: Do they like math and science? What do they want to be when they grow up? Students wanted to know more about the guests: What does an engineer do? What was their favorite subject at school? The volunteers were rewarded for their efforts with happy applause from their appreciative audiences. 

 

We’d like to thank L3Harris for donating a wonderful selection of books, all chosen with a focus on diversity and STEAM, for our students. We’re grateful to all the participating volunteers who made this very special reading event possible.