Read across America week celebrated in Waynesboro

Staffers at Summitview Elementary School in Waynesboro greeted students March 3 to kick off Read Across America Week, which is celebrated March 2 to 6 and begins on the birthday of children’s author, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). From left are students Colton and Kelsey Bloom and Kayla Kayhoe, Vicki Seylar and Melissa Forney. The National Education Association launched Read Across America in 1998 as a year-round program to celebrate reading. (NANCY MACE/FOR LOCAL.NEWS1)