Students from Crittenden County schools as well as parents will Unite to Read Thursday at the high school library.
Unite to Read is a statewide program that promotes literacy and lifelong reading to students in kindergarten through fifth grade. According to Amy Hardin, business teacher and Future Business Leaders of America adviser at the high school, Crittenden County Elementary School students participating in the program will be creating a cookbook, learning how food goes from the farm to the table, participating in a coloring contest and a book walk, crawling through a maze, having pictures made with a farm background, playing educational computer games, creating healthy snacks and listening to stories.
About 25 high school students will be volunteering to help with Unite to Read.
Registration for the event runs from 5 to 5:30 p.m., immediately followed by the program, which concludes at 7 p.m.
There will also be a segment for parents that includes sessions on how to make healthy snacks for kids led by Tracye Newcom from Health Quest Fitness; physical exercises that you can do with children offered by Heather Culvey, personal trainer and owner of New You Fitness at Health Quest; and the public library and children's programs led by Regina Merrick, Crittenden County Public Library director.
