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Null Elementary School Celebrates Family Night
Local community members read aloud to students to promote reading.
A group of community members recently volunteered their time to help inspire students from to love reading.
A local police officer, an author and a pilot attended the inaugural family reading night at the school and read stories aloud to the children about their careers while in "uniform."
The guest speakers included Partners in Education Police Officer Charlie Hayes, Angela Sage Larsen, author of "Petalwink Learns to Fly", and Bill Jagust, a pilot.
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The children also got to do a number of book-related activities from book bingo to making their own bookmark, said Principal Gina Piccinni in a news release.
Piccinni said she hopes to make the reading night an annual event.
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The event was organized by the Null Parent Teacher Organization including Kim Grienke, TJ Hunt, Angela Delossantos, Jennifer Schkerke and Melissa James.
Theseeks to connect community members to students in the classroom in grades k-12 though the Partners in Education Program. Anyone willing to share time and expertise in the classroom is encouraged to call the PIE office at 636-443-4043.
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