Pieter B. Coeymans to celebrate reading

Students will celebrate literacy and reading on Monday at Pieter B. Coeymans Elementary School in Ravena.

The school will conduct a Read Across America Assembly during which students will sing reading-themed songs and learn who read the most books, as well as who won a literacy related Dr. Seuss poster contest.

One student from each class will also win a book donated by the school’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and a student will also win passes to see the new Dr. Seuss movie Horton Hears a Who.

Starting with a pajama day on March 3 on which students, faculty and staff wore nightwear to school, the approximately 500 students in Pieter B. Coeymans Elementary School have celebrated reading throughout this month and taken part in a challenge to read each evening.

Monday’s assembly will begin at 9:45 a.m. for students in Pre-K through second grade; students in grades 3-5 will gather at 2:15 p.m.