11-03-2025
Windsor Locks students dress up for Read Across America Week
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WTNH) — Strike up the band! It's time to turn on the love of reading in a big way.
We're coming off Read Across America Week and got a peek into one of the biggest celebrations in the state.
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It was a grand entrance with a whole lot of familiar faces. Little ones skipping in, excited for the fun that lies ahead.
All for Read Across America Day at Windsor Locks High School- which is no ordinary celebration.
'They spend hours after school putting up all of the decorations you see around the building, so we go big for this event. For sure,' Windsor Locks High School Principal Rebecca Bissonnette said.
High school students invited North Street Elementary School students for a pep rally and a day full of reading and activities that supported the book choice.
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'We just had a lot of fun playing with the little kids. It looked like the kids enjoyed it,' senior Yaqeen Diene said.
While garnering a love of reading is the end goal, students of all ages found the connections they made to be the most exciting.
'Sometimes I ugly cry because you see a moment of a big kid partnering with a shy kid who by the end of that breakout session is sitting on their lap or doing an activity together,' Bissonnette said.
It was a special day of building relationships and a day these kids will not soon forget.
'As soon as we got into the auditorium with all the characters, they were screaming and so excited to be here,' senior Lia Quagliaroli said.
Smiles all around for hearing stories and playing games.
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