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Read across America a STAFF REPORT learn to read. So he put fun back into reading class. A person���s a person, no matter how small.��� These are words written by Developing the kind of passion Geisel had for reading in children is what Theodor Seuss Geisel, who is better known by his alias ��� Dr. Seuss. Read Across America is all about. The ���rst Read Across America event was held Geisel once said, ���Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be on March 2, 1998, with a stated purpose of motivating children to read. Over challenged, to be entertained and delighted.��� the years, the celebration has grown. The National This month people all over the United States will Education Association sponsors the celebration with celebrate Geisel���s words as they participate in Read Cumberland County Association of Educators support from more than 50 national nonpro���t and Across America events. Sponsored by the National and association partners. Locally, everyone ��� from Educators Association, Read Across America is schools to libraries to community centers to churches celebrated in conjunction with Geisel���s birthday, which present to hospitals to bookstores ��� is invited to host local is on March 2. This year���s Read Across America event events to celebrate and promote children���s reading. will be held on Friday, March 1. Here in Cumberland County, schools take great joy Every year, millions of children across the country in participating in the Read Across America event. Last celebrate Dr. Seuss and the fun that can be found year at Gallberry Elementary School, students had the through reading by celebrating Read Across America In honor of Dr. Seuss chance to participate in daily activities throughout the Day, which is a nationwide reading celebration that week and on Read Across America Day, they dressed brings thousands of schools, libraries and community up and marched in a big parade. centers across the nation together to participate. Join Kidsville News! and Cumberland Association of At Rock���sh Elementary School, kids had a week The theme of this year���s event is ���Grab your Hat and Educators on March 1, and celebrate Read Across full of fun, which culminated in the school breaking Read with the Cat.��� Most young readers have more America Day. a national record. One of the big events across the than a passing acquaintance with the book The Cat In nation is an attempt to break the record for the most the Hat. The book tells the story of poor Dick and Sally Accelerated Reader tests taken in one day. Last year, Rock���sh students took who are stuck in the house with nothing to do. If you have read the book, then 1,574 AR tests, which broke the national record. you know that once the cat arrives, no one is bored anymore. The big Cat In the This year, the Cumberland County Association of Educators is teaming up Hat changes the dull day into a crazy adventure, and, while he is at it, he almost Kidsville News! to celebrate Read Across America in a big way. On Friday, wrecks the house. Children ���nd the book humorous, and that was Geisel���s March 1, the Cumberland County Read Across America event will be held intent, but more importantly, he wanted to change the way children read. at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux from 3-7 p.m. Cumberland County Schools At the time the book was written, the books that children learned to read from Superintendent Dr. Frank Till will be on hand to celebrate the reading success of were called ���primers.��� Geisel thought the books were altogether too boring and the students in his schools. Come out and join Till and Kidsville News! mascot that the children were ���too polite and too clean.��� He thought that children were Truman for a great afternoon of food, fun and activities. The event is free and not interested in reading about these kinds of characters, and that by forcing open to the public. them to read these books, schools were actually making children not want to cross America Day Read A Student Exhibition Is Centerstage at 4th Friday by STEPHANIE CRIDER Many of the art organizations downtown subscribe to the belief that art is for everyone, regardless of age, social standing or any other factor. Perpetuating that philosophy can be a challenge, but the Arts Council and other local organizations do their part to make it happen. One of the ways they do this is through 4th Friday celebrations. This month, 4th Friday falls on Feb. 22 and there are plenty of events scheduled that will make it worth the trip downtown. The Arts Council open the 13th Annual Cumberland County High School Juried Exhibition. The exhibit, which is presented by the Cumberland County School System���s Arts Education Program, will be on display through March 1. An opening reception will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Feb. 22, featuring the Army Ground Forces Band���s rock band Loose Cannons. The exhibit showcases the works of students in grades 9-12. ���For students, this is an excellent opportunity to experience having their art reviewed by a judge. It also helps them prepare their portfolios for college admission and gives them a better understanding of how art can be pursued at a professional level,��� said Mary Kinney, Arts Council Fayetteville Cumberland County marketing director. ���Participating in the exhibition makes it possible for students to learn the important skills of critical thinking, making connections, expressing diversity and solving problems creatively, which will serve them in all facets of life. In return, the public will gain an awareness of and appreciation for the energy and enthusiasm of these young artists.��� Find out more about exhibit and the Arts Council at www.theartscouncil.com. Gallery One13 celebrates The Creative Spirit: A Juried Photography Exhibition at WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM 4th Friday as well. Featured artists for this exhibit are Yuliya Atabay, Trish Brownlee, Julie Grif���n, Eddie Harris, Noreda Hess, Alphonso Peppers Jr., David Sievers, Mark White and Cindy Whitehead. The exhibit is free an open to the public. Find out more about this exhibit at www.fayartguild@gmail.com. Warm your hearts as performers sing and dance the night away to Valentine favorites performed by Dr. Gail Morfesis & Company. Headquarters Public Library will present Gail Morfesis��� second Broadway & More program on Feb. 22 in the Pate Room from 7-9 p.m. The cast includes many area favorites, local actors and singers, romantic dance sequences by Rolands Dance Studio and energetic tap by the Charlotte Blume School of Dance. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Systel. Refreshments will be provided. Cape Fear Studios has a full agenda this 4th Friday. Artists in all mediums are invited to a special open house and reception. The invitation includes community and regional artists, art professors and teachers and art students. The artists meet and greet is scheduled from 4:30 to 8 p.m. The meet and greet ���ows right into the 4th Friday celebration, which includes an abstract challenge by Cape Fear Studios member artists. The Cape Fear Studios 2012 Ferrari Memorial Art Scholarship winner Doo Lee, has works on display at the gallery as well. Find out more about the events STEPHANIE CRIDER, Editor. COMat Cape Fear Studios at www. MENTS? Editor@upandcomingweekly.com capefearstudios.com. FEBRUARY 20-26, 2013 UCW 9