In celebration of Read Across America, Payne Elementary held their annual Book Exchange.\u00a0 Title 1 teacher, Mrs. April Krouse once again planned this event for the school to promote literacy and encourage students and staff to love all different kinds of books.\u00a0 This year many of our staff members helped out by participating in morning announcements and sharing with the students their favorite books they read while growing up.\u00a0 Our cooks, bus drivers, principal, librarian, and fellow teachers all volunteered to share their books with the students.\u00a0 We were also honored to have our all-time leading AR point holder, Jacob Stouffer join us.\u00a0 While in elementary school he accumulated over 1,000 AR points!!<\/p>\n
Students were encouraged to bring in up to 4 books for the exchange this year, with extra donations accepted as well.\u00a0 Students and teachers both made donations, and we gathered close to 1,300 books!!\u00a0 The classes enjoyed choosing books from their favorite author, topics, and genres.\u00a0 Mrs. Krouse appreciates all the help that went into this exchange and looks forwarding to planning next year\u2019s event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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