PENNSYLVANIA, USA — This is a week of celebrating reading at schools across the area, including Susquehanna Community Elementary School.
- Newswatch 16's Jon Meyer helped the kindergarteners and first graders get the fun started on Monday. Jon read the books "The Cool Bean" and "Moose's Loose Tooth" to the boys and girls, who were also having pajama day. He said the students had a lot of great questions about the news. Other fun events are planned all week at the school.
- On Tuesday, Nikki Krize read to kindergarten and first grade students at Bloomsburg Memorial Elementary School. She treated them to "Green Eggs and Ham," "There's a Wocket in my pocket," and "One Fish Two Fish." The kids asked Nikki a lot of questions about her job as a reporter.
- Newswatch 16's Mindi Ramsey visited with kids at the Wolfpack Early Learning Academy in Wilkes-Barre Wednesday morning. She read "If You Give a Pig a Pancake" and "Go Dog Go." Some of the kids said they even get up early to watch the news.
- Newswatch 16's Chelsea Strub was also in Wilkes-Barre Wednesday morning. She stopped by Kistler Elementary School to read to the students in Mrs. Craig's fifth grade class. After reading "Horton Hatches the Egg," Chelsea was interviewed by the KES news team for their morning announcements. She was asked about being a journalist competing in the Dancing Stars competition and her favorite things about Wilkes-Barre.
- Newswatch 16's morning reporter Elizabeth Worthington visited with preschoolers in Lackawanna County on Wednesday. She read to students at Perry's Academy of Learning in Dunmore. The kids listened attentively as she read Dr. Seuss' "One Fish, Two Fish" and "Are You My Mother?" by P.D. Eastman. Like the kids Mindi read to, many of the kids say they wake up early with mom and dad to watch the morning show.
- On Thursday, Newswatch 16's Courtney Harrison read to the kindergarten students at Charles Sumner Elementary in Scranton. She read "Green Eggs and Ham" and "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss. Mayor Paige Cognetti was also there reading to the first graders in Scranton.
- Newswatch 16's Emily Kress read to kindergarten and fifth-grade students at Carbondale Elementary school on Thursday morning. She also read the Dr. Seuss classic "Green Eggs and Ham." Emily says the students were an enthusiastic bunch, with lots of opinions on how they feel about eating green eggs and ham.
- Newswatch 16's Amanda Eustice read 'Green Eggs and Ham' to a couple second-grade classes at Pleasant Valley Elementary and got to try some green eggs and ham herself.
- Stormtracker 16 Meteorologist John Hickey read to the second and third graders at South Abington Elementary in Lackawanna County Thursday morning. His book? "Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today?" by Tish Rabe.
- On Friday, Newswatch 16 morning anchor Mindi Ramsey visited Riverside Elementary East in Moosic. She read "Iggy Peck, Architect," about a boy who wants to be an architect and then ends up saving his whole second grade class. These third graders at Riverside did a great job of listening and asking thoughtful questions.
- Stormtracker 16 meteorologist John Hickey was also at Riverside East in Moosic on Friday morning. He talked to sixth grade students about the weather and appropriately read the book "Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today?"
- Newswatch 16's Jack Culkin read to second grade students at Riverside West Elementary on Friday and read "Albert the Bear" and "Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee."
- Stormtracker 16 meteorologist Ally Gallo helped out with the weather forecast for the morning announcements at Ross Elementary School in the Lake Lehman School District on Monday. Then, she read "The Meteorologist in Me" to all of the school’s kindergarten through sixth graders.
- Newswatch 16's Stacy Lange started her Monday in Wyoming County, visiting Mrs. Merkel's second grade class at Lackawanna Trail Elementary Center in Factoryville. Together they talked about how reporters gather the news and how the Stormtracker 16 team predicts the weather, as well as reading the storybook "Dragons Love Tacos."
To see more Newswatch 16 team read, check out our Read Across America playlist on Youtube.