On Friday, Hershey celebrated reading with a Super Bowl of reading. We began the day with an assembly, and our guest readers, members of the Purdue football team, joined us.
They spoke of their love of reading and their favorite books, then they circulated around the school, reading to individual classes.
Michael Rouse stopped in our room. You should have heard the gasps of delight when he mentioned that he liked to read classics!
After lunch, we had another assembly, this time with Blue, the Colts' mascot!
He spoke to us about the importance of eating well and getting exercise.
Other members of the Colts' organization popped in via video feed. These two cheerleaders spoke about the benefits of drinking milk.
Tight end Dwayne Allen spoke about getting daily exercise.
Andrew Luck even "tossed" a ball with Blue.
Coach Chuck Pagano!
I thought that was the end of the fun for us until Mrs. Fields announced that Austin Appleby, Purdue's quarterback, had arrived and that our class was the lucky one he would be visiting!
He mentioned that
The Cat in the Hat was his favorite book, so I pulled out another book by the same author,
Oh, the Places You'll Go!" for him to read to us.
Austin enjoyed visiting us so much that he offered privately to come back and visit us again. I hope he and I can get our schedules together and have him back.
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