National Reading Month has us once again wondering, what are Communities In Schools (CIS) volunteers reading?
Here’s what a few of the wonderful volunteers who share their time and talents to benefit students throughout the Kalamazoo Public Schools told us. (We note what school they volunteer at within the Kalamazoo Public Schools.)
This month I just finished reading The End of Alchemy by Mervyn King and A Farewell to Arms. (Hemingway is my favorite). I have also just begun 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B Peterson.
-Jacob Gilhaus, Edison Environmental Science Academy
I am reading Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S. Wood.
-Marti Terpstra, Milwood Elementary and Milwood Magnet Middle School
I have just finished reading The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman as well as The Prison Angel by Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan.
-Catherine Lemus, Linden Grove Middle School
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.
-Mikka Dryer, Milwood Magnet Middle School
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.
-Dennette Schettner, El Sol Elementary
-I am reading The Watson’s Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis.
-Jim Cupper, Northeastern Elementary School
My Unitarian Universalist church has a “recommended” read this month—Daring Democracy:
Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want by Lappe and Eschen.
There are 14 of us volunteering at Lincoln International Studies School.
-Kay Spade, Milwood Magnet Middle School
At this time, I’m reading Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. In the past couple of weeks I finished Cute Poodles, Sweet Old Ladies and Hugs by P.J. Miller and Good Guys Love Dogs by Inglath Cooper. I tend to read light and happy books, this time of year.
–Pam Dalitz, Spring Valley Center for Exploration
I just finished The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
-Katie Weirick, Milwood Magnet Middle School
I have just finished reading The First American by H.W. Brands on the life and times of Benjamin Franklin. A well written and fascinating insight into this famous American. On a lighter note, I am almost finished with the Dan Brown thriller, Origin. It is a page turner as well!
-Bob Spradling, Woods Lake Elementary: A Magnet Center for the Arts
Just finished an advanced reader copy of Beneath a Ruthless Sun by Gilbert King — really good!
Currently reading Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders.
-Shirley Freeman, Parkwood Upjohn and King Westwood Elementary School
I am currently reading Odd Child Out by Hilly Macmillan. Just finished her other book, What She Knew.
-Nancy Laugeman, Prairie Ridge Elementary School
I just finished Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S. Wood. It was very good. It traced the friendship/relationship of Adams and Jefferson from the American Revolution until their deaths on July 4, 1827. I also just finished The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash. It is a novel inspired by actual events that occurred in the late 1920’s during the unionization of the cotton mills in North Carolina. The author is the writer-in-residence at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
I would recommend both books to anyone who enjoys history.
-Nancy Hyde, Spring Valley Center for Exploration
I’m reading the Bible.
-Stanley Lepird, Woods Lake Elementary: A Magnet Center for the Arts
I am currently reading The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe.
-Susan Knox, Kalamazoo Central High School
Next week is Spring Break for Kalamazoo Public Schools. Let’s meet back here, at Ask Me About My 12,000 Kids, on Tuesday, April 10th!
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