Today the University of Georgia Athletic Association had a day of service in Clarke County Schools and the community. We used these volunteers to support the many poetry lessons that are happening in the media center and in individual classrooms. Along with send twelve readers to go into classrooms, the athletic association also purchased 12 new poetry books to donate to our media center. Volunteers went to 5 classrooms: Ms Spurgeon’s PreK, Mrs. Hart’s 1st grade, and Mrs. Oprey, Mrs. Slongo and Mrs. Beshara’s 5th grade classrooms. They read poetry to students and worked alongside students as they wrote poems for our poetry contest and for Poem in Your Pocket Day.
Thank You! to the following volunteers from UGA:
Steve Colquitt
Carol Capitani
Tim Cearley
Julie Clark
Jay Clark
George Cleare
Sara Bradburry
Manuel Diaz
Kelley Hester
Todd Grantham
Claire Foggin
Greg McGarity
Also many thanks for donating the following books:
You Read to Me I’ll Read to You: very short fables to read together
A Dazzling Display of Dogs
Messing Around on the Monkey Bars
The Underwear Salesman
Every Second Something Happens
The Wonder Book
Change Up
One Big Rain
Our Farm
The Carnival of the Animals
Poetrees
Poem in Your Pocket for Young Poets
Expect the Miraculous 