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Perkins School in Newark celebrates Reading Week with fun activities

For Perkins School Reading Week June 7-10, the theme was showing kindness and featured activities both in person and virtual for pre-k through second grade.

June 7 featured the theme “We’re Crazy for Kindness” and students wore crazy socks and hair styles.


June 9 had guest author, Jerry Pallotta, who wrote “Who Would Win?” visit virtually. Students will each receive a signed copy of the book.

Guest readers read to students everyday which included school Superintendent Susan Hasenauer, Newark Mayor Jonathan Taylor, and Newark Police Chief Mark Thoms.

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Students met their goal of reading 1,000 books and were treated with popsicles from the PTA.

A contest was held for students to create bookmarks about showing kindness and first-grader Adison Bean was announced the winner. She received a bundle of books as well as a copy of her bookmark being given to students at the school.