GREENSBORO — Students at St. Pius X School recently experienced their first D.E.A.R. time of the school year. D.E.A.R. stands for “Drop Everything and Read.”
During this designated reading time, students got together with their prayer buddy for 30 minutes to share in their love for reading.
Older students helped younger students learn to read.
Prayer buddies who were closer in age shared their experiences and recommendations of books they were currently reading.
The afternoon was a successful time for students to hear written word read-aloud and practice their own reading fluency.
Older students who read to younger students practiced inflecting their voice and asking meaningful questions when the book was finished.
Even teachers, administrators and other staff at the school jumped in with a pair of readers and shared their own love of books.
— Photo provided by April Parker
SALISBURY — During November, student government officers at Sacred Heart School led a successful canned food drive for those in need in the local community.
Partnering with the Sister Mary Robert Ministry and Rowan Helping Ministries, students collected 1,683 cans, or 1,484 pounds of food. In addition, students raised $249 this month with their Dress Down Day to help the hungry.
With the students’ help, the Salisbury parish assembled 70 Thanksgiving Baskets of food and goodies and RHM received 742 pounds of food.
— Robin Fisher