Eagle Times Staff
LUDLOW, Vt. — Continuing its program of literacy training, the Ludlow Rotary Club (LRC) recently delivered custom-printed books to members of the Cavendish Town Elementary School (CTES).
George Thomson, an LRC Rotarian and former CTES principal, presented the selected books to first-grade CTES class and read the book to them, each book personalized with the student’s name.
Students displayed a multitude of excited reactions to the book, including students who were surprised to see friends’ names in the book. Thomson noted that the kids were delighted with the books and when they were given the books at the end of the presentation, they searched through the script looking for the personalization.
Thompson noted how thrilled the students were to take the books home.
“The teacher thanked me for hyping the kids up so much,” Thompson said. “She said it was going to take some time to get them focused on math!”
Similar programs sponsored by LRC are conducted in other service areas of the club.
In Mt Holly, Brigid Sullivan is delivering books to students at the Mt Holly Elementary School. The same program is offered in Ludlow where Sharon Bixby presents books to the Ludlow Elementary School.
This LRC program’s purpose is to provide young readers with books on a periodic basis to foster an interest in reading and enhance literacy capabilities of young students.
The club has been sponsoring this program for over 27 years.
“Based on the success of [the program], we have no plans to discontinue it,” Thompson said.
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