Westfield High School Launches Summer Reading Program

Summer has yet to spring, but the summer reading program at Westfield High School has already begun.

The high school’s language arts department, in cooperation with the school’s community service club and library, is hosting a series of events encouraging summer reading, according to school district officials.

The program will feature a Summer Read-a-Thon, a voluntary program encouraging students to read. The signature book for the read-a-thon will be “A Path Appears”, by Nicholas Kristoff & Sheryl WuDunn. “The book discusses the importance of increasing opportunity worldwide to address issues such as poverty and lack of early childhood education,” according to K-12 Language Arts Superviser, Pamela Ackerman-Garcia.

According to officials from Westfield Public Schools, all proceeds from the Summer Read-a-Thon will benefit the Reach Out and Read organization, a national nonprofit that makes makes books a routine part of pediatric care, and helps bring children’s books into the waiting rooms of pediatricians and the lives of young parents.

(Photo courtesy of Westfield Public Schools)