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CHS athletes read to elementary students
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Senior wrestler Nick Sammarco and junior soccer and lacrosse player Isabelle Savich read “Hey, Little Ant” to Jenna Donofrio’s first-grade class during C.H. Campbell Elementary School’s Read-a-Thon on March 18.
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Canfield High School junior soccer and lacrosse player Isabelle Savich read “Do Not Open This Book” to the girls in Jenna Donofrio’s first-grade class during C.H. Campbell Elementary School’s Read-a-Thon on March 18.
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Canfield High School senior wrestler Nick Sammarco read “Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed” to the boys in Jenna Donofrio’s first-grade class during C.H. Campbell Elementary School’s Read-a-Thon on March 18.
By ABBY SLANKER
Students at C.H. Campbell Elementary School entertained some very special visitors the morning of March 18. As part of the school’s annual Read-a-Thon, Canfield High School student-athletes visited the school to read to the students in their classrooms.
Forty-five high school athletes from a variety of sports participated in the event.
Senior wrestler Nick Sammarco and junior soccer and lacrosse player Isabelle Savich read to Jenna Donofrio’s first-grade class. Sammarco chose to read “Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed” and Savich read “Do Not Open This Book” to the students.
Before reading to the students, Sammarco and Savich had some advice for the first-graders about being a successful student-athlete, with a focus on being organized.
“Being organized is very important in keeping up with your grades and sports. If you follow the rules and do your homework, you will be able to play, and be successful, in sports,” Sammarco said.
Savich echoed Sammarco’s remarks.
“You have to stay organized with your homework. You have to be focused on your grades. Grades come first and sports come second. Being organized is a big part of both school and sports,” Savich said.
Donofrio then split her class into a girl group and a boy group so Sammarco and Savich could read to the students in a smaller setting.
After Sammarco and Savich each read to both the boys group and girls group, the class came together for their visitors to read them one more book, “Hey, Little Ant.” Donofrio explained that the class would soon be starting a unit about ants, so the book was a good fit.
When Sammarco and Savich were finished reading “Hey, Little Ant” to the class, Donofrio passed out a writing exercise to the students, and invited their visitors to help the students with the exercise.
To show their appreciation to the high school students for coming to their school and reading to them, C.H. students signed and presented thank you cards to each student-athlete.