18 Fredericksburg Parent and Family • April 2025
Read Across America is celebrated nationally
during the first week in March. It was estab-
lished by the National Education Association
in 1998 to promote reading and literacy,
especially by highlighting the act of reading
aloud to young children.
The birthday of Theodore Seuss Geisel—oth-
erwise known as "Dr. Seuss"—on March 2 is
the cornerstone of Read Across America.
Fredericksburg area schools celebrated this
week by inviting special guests in to read to
students, visiting animal shelters to read to
dogs and cats, dressing up as beloved Dr.
Seuss characters, and holding themed read-
a-thons.
Students at Stafford's Moncure Elementary dressed up as
Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat."
Students from Massaponax High
School in Spotsylvania visited Lee
Hill Elementary to read aloud.
Stafford's Park Ridge
Elementary held a flashlight
reading event.
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