On Monday, March 3rd, three BCC representatives volunteered to read to students at Stearns Elementary School in Pittsfield as part of the 17th annual Read Across America Day. Celebrated on Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading event sponsored by the National Education Association that connects community members with schools to share the joy of reading with young students.

All students at Stearns took a “reading pledge” committing to read every day to learn new things and build healthy brains. We loved seeing Principal Dean and teachers wearing Seuss’s signature hat — from the “Cat in the Hat.” Some students even made their own red and white striped hats! See if you can find them below.

BCC Dean of Humanities and Stearns School Committee Member, Tom Curley, reading at Read Across America Day.

Amanda Schuler, MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA, reading “Inside Your Outside” by Dr. Seuss to a class at Stearns Elementary School.

Mary Parkman, Service-Learning Coordinator, reading “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss to a 4th grade class.