Westbrook High School

WHS is sharing the love… specifically the love of reading. The amazing high school teachers, Sam Johnson, Nancy Ryan, and Drew Boursaw, organized groups of our students to head over to each elementary school and read to the younger kids. These reading rock stars are not only reading to their little buddies in English, but they are also able to read in the younger students’ native languages, whether Portuguese, Arabic, French, or otherwise. Kids love being read to, but wow! Kids REALLY love being read to by bigger kids. It has been amazing! A huge shoutout to our WHS teachers, as well as elementary principals Marc Bisson, Alexis Jones, and Vickie Hebert, and transportation director Melissa Foye for bringing this incredible endeavor to fruition. Super wicked awesome programs like our chapter of Read Across America take lots of time and hard work behind the scenes before a single picture book is ever opened up, and we are so thankful for the dedication of these talented adults. RAA builds literacy across the district by showing younger students the value of, and inspiring a love of reading.