All four Avon Lake City Schools elementary schools recently kicked off the One District, One Book community reading initiative with assemblies at each school, according to a news release.
Drama students from Avon Lake High School visited each elementary school in the district and performed a special skit with clues before the big reveal of the book title, the release said.
Avon Lake High School video production students also worked with district staff members to create guest recordings for each chapter of the book so students can read along at home if they don’t have someone to read aloud to them, according to the release.
Every student and staff member in grades K-4 received their own copy– nearly 1,600 — of “Gooseberry Park,” by Cynthia Rylant, along with an activity pack with a two-week reading calendar, trivia questions and community scavenger hunt game card, the release said.
“The students are to read the book each night as a family, turn in trivia questions to school according to the calendar and as a family, visit the local businesses on a scavenger hunt to try to find Stumpy, the squirrel,” the release said. “In addition, each building will be taking up a collection of dog items for Love-a-Stray since Kona, the dog, is the hero of the book.”
One District, One Book was also made possible through generous donations from the Avon Lake City Schools Foundation and the following local businesses: Avon Lake Public Library; Ace Hardware; Coffee and Chaos Boutique; Dairy Queen; Earthwise Pet; Marco’s Pizza; Old School Pizza and Wings; Salad Kraze; Sherwin Williams; and UR Decor and More, the release said.
