February is Black History Month, and Willow Hill Elementary School kicked it off by participating in the 28th Annual National African American Read-in on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. Reading is a significant portion of the school’s celebration of the month as librarians and reading specialists select books authored by African Americans, and students in fourth through sixth grades choose one to read aloud to another student from kindergarten through third grade, together forming a “human reading chain” from one end of the school to the other.
After the event, Willow Hill submitted the 2018 African American Read-in Host Report Card to the National Council of Teachers of English, tracking the number of participants and the selection of books and authors read aloud.