Friday, March 03, 2000
The joy of books marked
National day observed here
BY TOM O'NEILL
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MILFORD — You're off to Great Places
You're off and away
You have brains in your head
You have feet in your shoes
At Milford South school
Rang forth only good news
As on Thursday they read
With but nothing to lose
OK, the last lines weren't part of the original. But the Dr. Seuss classic Oh the Places You'll Go, not only starred at Thursday's celebration of Right to Read at Milford South Elementary, it also provided the perfect theme.
Combined with the school's Career Day and national Read Across America, students went all over the world. And they did it without leaving the school, where parent volunteers read to them and the fourth-graders then read to kindergartners. In rocking chairs, no less.
Relatives who came in to read included an engineer, housing security worker and an optic physicist, who told the children about their careers.
Many local schools held their own programs, including Assumption School in Mount Healthy, where reading was focused on horses, horse racing and a visit by jockey Steve Cauthen. At Holmes Elementary in Deer Park, the Seuss selection of choice was Cat in the Hat and students made bookmarks. Thursday also was the late author's birthday.
“I liked my book, when it rained it was raining meat balls,” fourth-grader Brittany Evans explained. “And a pancake landed on a school. And they brought in a helicopter.”
Fellow fourth-grader Jake Nipper saw a flaw in the story line. “The helicopter could have just poured syrup on it.”
Michelle Sanchez and Liz Hardy liked that idea. All are students in Leslie Butcher's fourth-grade class.
“They just get so involved when you do something special,” Mrs. Butcher said. “And with the fourth-grade proficiency test coming up, it was a nice day to step back.”
All Milford South Elementary teachers wore tall, red-and-white striped hats. The Cat in the Hat (full costume) who greeted kids at the door Thursday morning was Principal Joyce Richardson.
“That was wonderful,” said Kelly Lauk, whose daughter, Megan, is in kindergarten. “They all came up and gave her hugs.”
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