Books and Dr. Seuss Share Spotlight at Intervale School
Elementary students heard their favorite Dr. Seuss books as read by local leaders for Read Across America.
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Books were the star—along with a strange, tall feline in a striped hat—at Intervale Elementary School Friday morning.
The school spent the day celebrating Read Across America Day. Town leaders, residents and special guests visited Intervale to volunteer their time to promote literacy by reading Dr. Seuss books to the students.
The author born as Theodor Geisel would have been 109 years old on March 2. The Read Across America event pays tribute to Dr. Seuss and his silly, sensational books, which have given children enjoyment and helped them learn to love books for more than half a century.
Volunteer readers on Friday included Mayor James Barberio, Board of Education member Anthony Mancuso, Township Council member Jonathan Nelson, Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce President Robert Peluso and Executive Director Craig Schlosser, and even Patch Editor Natalie Davis.
Reading specialist Rose DeFilippo, who organized the day's activities, said that Intervale students have ranked among the highest achieving schools in the state over the past five years in the Read Across New Jersey program.
coverpage
9:10 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
This seems to be more of Nelsons speed. A councilman unable to deal with big boy issues and vote a decision, sitting in a room full of kids.
Mike Panico
10:26 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
You are so right coverpage. Nelson was the only one to vote against giving the Knoll Country Club a $150,000 gift of not having to pay it's water bill. Guess you and Councilman Carifi are golf buddies since Carifi in essence voted to raise everyone elses water bill.
The Lorax
9:25 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
What Natalie forgot to mention in the article is that Mayor Barberio read the kids the Lorax. Kind of ironic how the Lorax deals with knocking down Trees and he wants to knock down the trees for the Waterview Tract in the interest of development. Guess he did not read the book to the end to see what Dr. Suess wrote about way before this was a problem in Parsippany.
"But the next week
he knocked
on my new office door.
He snapped, "I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees
which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please.
But I'm also in charge of the Brown Bar-ba-loots
who played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loot suits
and happily lived, eating Truffula Fruits.
"NOW... thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground,
there's not enought Truffula Fruit to go 'round.
And my poor Bar-ba-loots are all getting the crummies
because they have gas, and no food, in their tummies!
"They loved living here. But I can't let them stay.
They'll have to find food. And I hope that they may.
Good luck, boys," he cried. And he sent them away.
I, the old Once-ler, felt sad
as I watched them all go.
BUT...
business is business!
And business must grow
regardless of crummies in tummies, you know..."
Joan Callamezzo
10:31 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
Why was Councilman Carifi a no-show? He was supposed to read to my daughters class but never came. I heard his running mates were there. I assume he had more important things to do.