Right-to-Read Week

By: Gino Pallotta, Danielle Shehee, and Ariana Rojak

February 21, 2020

The Brooklyn School is ending the month of February with its annual Right-to-Read Week. The theme this year was: “It’s a jungle out there! Read to survive!”

Each day had a different mini-theme to make each day unique. 

To further encourage kids to read, each student was given a banana bookmark in order to log how much they read each night. Then, the students gave the bookmarks to their teachers to share their accomplishments.

Mrs. Mary Ellen Ryan, who is a second grade English teacher, said, “It gets them excited about reading. The theme could make them curious about animals or the topic for the year. This goes beyond just reading the book by yourself; many activities are done.” 

On Friday, the Brooklyn School held a sendoff assembly for the week titled, The Principal’s Challenge. This assembly had games, an important announcement, and an uplifting speech by the principal.

At the beginning of the assembly, Principal Cristin Cicco talked to the students about how they should respectfully treat their peers, and they should always try to cheer each other up.

After she finished, there was an announcement that Mr. Brian Hare and Mr. Taylor Smith are going to take over the assistant principal role for the next six weeks. 

After that, students’ names were drawn from a book. The students who were drawn played games which included a banana race, escape the snakes, and a jungle run. An even luckier few were rewarded by throwing pies into Cicco’s face.

The students greatly enjoyed this year’s Right-to-Read Week. From the daily themes to the games, this event was a massive success.