Jason Davis, a kindergartener at Village Elementary School in Hilton, presents “The Incredible Journey” to Hilton Superintendent David Dimbleby. Students shared the book with the Board of Education at their March 12 meeting as part of the One School, One Book event.Hilton’s Village and Quest Elementary Schools find that schools that read together get excited about reading. Both schools are participating in One School, One Book, a program designed to create a shared reading experience within a single elementary school community. Each school chooses a chapter book, every family in the elementary school receives a copy, and every family reads that book at home over the course of a single month. In Hilton, staff, administrators and Board of Education members join in the experience.
Quest Elementary School kicked off One School, One Book with an evening event for families. Each family received a copy of “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” by Kate DiCamillo. The book is about a china rabbit named Edward Tulane, owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him. One day he becomes lost and his extraordinary journey begins.
This is the third year Village Elementary School has participated in One School, One Book. Families received “The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford, a story about three house pets that survive the Canadian wilderness to make their way home to the family they love. At the March 12 Board of Education meeting, a group of students presented board members with copies of the book, so they could read it as well. The students who presented the books are: Tyler Cerame, Jason Davis, Brielle DiGiacco, Andrew Farrell, Nicholas Gallo, Michael Heise and Leah Thompson.
Studies have shown that reading to children helps them to listen better and longer, build bigger vocabularies, understand concepts better, feel positive about both books and learning – and more.
