Ponder the Egg

Here’s a School Assembly Skit from Lone Star Elementary School in Jacksonville, FL.  They’re introducing (and are about to start reading) The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth to all their students.  The Assembly proper begins at 3:30.   Enjoy the scenery, the acting, the props, and especially, the students’ reactions. You can watch the assembly video … Read more

Read to Them Supers on the Radio

  Here’s the Education Talk Radio Interview featuring…   Mary-Margaret Zehr, Assistant Superintendent, Watertown NY Dr. Jose Parra, Superintendent, Irving TX ISD Gary Anderson, Read to Them founder and Director of One District, One Book   Some Highlights…   “Our teachers were aching for reading a book, just for the sake of reading a book … Read more

Three Supers Talk in Phoenix

Read to Them co-ordinated a group presentation on One District, One Book at the American Association of School Administrators national convention in Phoenix, AZ in February. The session, titled “Superintendents Serve as Reading Leaders,” was hosted by Chuck Woodruff, the chief operating officer of AASA and featured… Steve Anderson, Superintendent, Lake Hamilton SD, Pearcy, AK … Read more

Florida Schools Kickoff OSOB!

Here are two fine videos of Pinellas County, FLA kicking off One School, One Book in St. Petersburg, FLA. Bay Creek Elementary School will be reading Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and you can view their Opening Introductory Assembly below. You can also check out the local TV news story on One School, … Read more