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Top summer readers recognized at library celebration
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Neighbors | Adrienne Crissman .John and John Grivensky attended the summer reading reception Sept. 26 at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Adrienne Crissman .Jordan Bind displayed his derby car Sept. 26 during the summer reading reception at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Adrienne Crissman .Haley and Josh Eynon worked on their derby cars Sept. 26 at the Boardman library.
By ADRIENNE CRISSMAN
More than 20 readers were recognized during Start Your Engines Sept. 26 at the Boardman library for their efforts in the summer reading program.
Students who participated in the summer reading program and read more than 30 hours were presented with a certificate.
Top readers were:
Pre-K - Kendall Gozur (48 hours), Aurora Nessle (95.25 hours) and Anthony DeNiro (50.25 hours)
Kindergarten - Jasmine Barredo (85.25 hours), Lily Vondran (44 hours) and Lauryn Swantek (38.75 hours)
First grade - Jordan Bond (36.25 hours), Nevaeh Clark (31.25 hours) and Hayley Eynon (30.25 hours)
Second grade - Sydney Gozur (64 hours), Evan Sweder (42.25 hours) and Gianna DeNiro (31.75 hours)
Third grade - Emma Vondran (87.5 hours), Jacob Wolf (63 hours) and Amira Helewa (115 hours)
Fourth grade - Aurora Fares (69 hours) and John Grivensky (65 hours)
Fifth grade - Eli Lewis (72.5 hours), Cora Ams (61 hours) and Janus Barredo (105 hours)
Sixth grade - Nicholas Basile (60.75 hours), Gianna Arquilla (34 hours) and Rachel Fintor (31.75 hours)
Katherina Matasic, librarian, commended the children for their efforts.
“All of the children did a great job,” said Matasic. “The cut off was 30 hours and the kids went above and beyond that.”
After the presentation, children and their parents were invited to create their own Pinewood Derby cars out of clothes pins, buttons and other various items.
The children then raced their cars on a cardboard track.
Jordan Bind explained why he chose the materials he did to make his car.
“I picked light-weight material to make it go faster,” said Bind.