KNEA's Read Across America
at the Cosmosphere
Read Across America in Kansas blasted off and
the kids had a wonderful time. A live satellite feed between NASA’s
Johnson Space Center and Hutchinson allowed Kansas astronaut Dr. Steve
Hawley to share his message that reading is the ultimate virtual reality
– it takes you through time and space! He visited via satellite with
50 first and fourth grade reading buddies from Lincoln Elementary School.
KNEA President Christy Levings facilitated the questions of ten first
and fourth graders who asked questions about reading and space travel.
Afterwards, the kids were read to throughout the Kansas Cosmosphere and
Space Center – one reading took place on the wing of a mock space
shuttle! Celebrity readers were Levings; Becky Pringle, NEA Executive
Committee; Jeff Ollenburger, president/CEO Kansas Cosmosphere; Carol Rupe,
Kansas State Board of Education; Sherri Yourdon, secretary/treasurer for
KNEA; and Dr. Wynona Winn, superintendent of Hutchinson Public Schools.
All this plus a visit by Mr. Cat himself. The kids received a Dr. Seuss
book and a map featuring Dr. Hawley when they left. Remarkably, the bus
ride back to school was very quiet because the kids were reading the books
we’d given them!
News clippings indicate reading events took place in nearly every school
in Kansas – thousands of kids and adults heard and read the message
that reading can take you through time and space! Watch this page for
details!
 Becky
Pringle, Sherri Yourdon and Carol Rupe visit with Mr. Cat on their way
into the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. Pringle, a teacher from
Pennsylvania, serves on the NEA Executive Committee. Yourdon is KNEA’s
secretary/treasurer and Rupe serves on the Kansas State Board of Education.
  
TV Satellite Feed
KSBE member Carol Rupe and KNEA President Christy Levings visit with
astronaut Steve Hawley about future flights. Meanwhile, Levings assisted
youngsters who asked Dr. Hawley questions about reading, flight and how
to become an astronaut.
  
The Cat in the Hat in the Cosmosphere
The Cat in the Hat himself greeted Lincoln Elementary students as they
entered the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. When they left, Mr. Cat
and Becky Pringle, NEA Executive Committee, gave each student a Dr. Seuss
book and a poster featuring Kansas astronaut Steve Hawley.
 Reading
takes everyone through time and space
Besides experiencing the adventures of the Cosmosphere, children were
read to by adults. KNEA secretary/treasurer and Nickerson school teacher
Sherri Yourdon had help from the Cat in the Hat as she read to youngsters
on the wing of the space shuttle.
 KNEA
President Christy Levings reads to students before the satellite link.
Kids and teachers across Kansas celebrate Read Across America
in many ways. Some have parades, some have plays, some have read-a-thons
and marathons. One thing is for sure - Reading is Cool!
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