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Monday, March 5, 2012

Dr. Seuss' Birthday: A Wild and Crazy Week at School!

As part of Read Across America Week, Bloomfield schoolchildren celebrated the whimsical author's birthday with imaginative projects

  Bloomfield Schools celebrated Read Across America Week by honoring a special birthday guest: Dr. Seuss! Elementary school children were treated to a week's worth of Dr. Seuss style imagination, wonder and fun, with special guest readers, Funny Hat and Hair Days, pajama day, Tongue Twister Tuesday, Wacky Wednesday and more.  At Berkeley school, the beloved author who opened the door to reading for so many children was honored with a Dr. Seuss Door Decorating Contest. "Some of the doors that the students and teachers have put together are absolutely fabulous," raved Berkeley School Librarian Tabitha Rice.  "And on Wacky Wednesday, the students’ hair embodied the free-spirited and innovative thinking that is characteristic of Dr. Seuss’ …

mayela bustillos

1:34 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012

Love everything! What does it say underneath the kids pics, in the "kid youll move mountains" one?   more ›

Bloomfield Schools Celebrate "Read Across America Week"

An array of fun activities marked a week rich in reading and learning

  February 27-March 2 was Read Across America Week, and Bloomfield Public schools celebrated it with great enthusiasm. Many special guests visited the schools all week, including Mayor Raymond McCarthy, Bloomfield School Superintendant Jason Bing, Bloomfield Police Chief Christopher Goul, a DARE officer, Township Adminstrator Yoshi Manale, Fire Department personnel, school principals, board of education members and representatives from the public library. In true Dr. Seuss style, not all the schools' visitors were human; to the children;s delight, the Bloomfield Bengal Tiger and Superintendent Bing's pet terrier, Magnum, visited the schools as well!  In addition, readers from Bloomfield High School's National Honor Society came to read to …

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