Have you ever been part of a book club, where a group of friends read a book and meet up together to talk about it? Well try to imagine your whole school being in the same book club. Students at Bellevue Elementary don鈥檛 have to imagine, that鈥檚 why they鈥檙e receiving this weeks A+ Award.
The One School, One Book program is a program that encourages reading all across Ohio, by having every student in a school and their families read the same book! Bellevue Elementary joined the program back in 2017 and it鈥檚 safe to say that it鈥檚 been a hit. The first book that Bellevue read was The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney, which the students loved so much, Humphrey even became the program's mascot! And as the mascot, Humphrey attends the annual Kick off Assembly.
Students have the opportunity to earn prizes by answering the yearly book trivia questions. From parades to scavenger hunts, Bellevue does it all for the One School, One Book program.
But it鈥檚 not just fun for the students, families get to join in as well! Everyone gets together and celebrates at the Family Fun Night, with plenty of games and popcorn to go around. This year's book, 鈥楾OYS!鈥�, was dedicated to Bellevue鈥檚 librarian who unexpectedly passed away last summer who has been running the program each year since its beginning.
Great job to the students at Bellevue Elementary for reading lots and having lots of fun while doing it!
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