CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – For Read Across America Week deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office visited classrooms across the county to read their favorite books to preschool and elementary school children.
Deputies visited Woodlawn, Montgomery Central, Ringgold, Minglewood, Barksdale, and Oakland Elementary Schools and Giving Tree Daycare.
Storytellers included Sheriff Fuson, Captain Reynolds, Lieutenant’s Nugent and Stone, Sergeant’s Wojnarek and Heise, Corporal Corder, Deputies Harp, Adair, Paddock, and Binkley, and Reserve Deputies Lynch and Winters.
National Education Association’s Read Across America Week is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually during the week of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, which falls on March 2. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids, books, and volunteer storytellers.
Photos courtesy of MCSO