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HURON — Fifth-grade students at the Washington 4-5 Center have gone above and beyond in their first annual Book Drive to benefit summer school students in grades K-5 on the Heartland Region United Way Day of Action, which will be June 21.
Through their efforts, fifth-grade students collected more than 1,500 gently-used books that will be distributed to summer school students in grades K-5. On the HRUW Day of Action, members of the community are invited to spend half an hour reading to students attending summer school. Each student is also given a book to take home.
Fifth-grade teacher Michelle Azar said it all came about when her class was learning different verb tenses and students came across a sentence on their worksheet that said, “My class is collecting books for a book drive.”
“A few of them asked me what a book drive is, and after I explained they immediately wanted to do one,” Azar explained. They began collecting books in early March and completed the book drive by the end of the month.
“I was so inspired,” she added. “They are such kind-hearted individuals who wanted to be a part of something bigger than themselves.”
There are seven fifth-grade classes at the Washington 4-5 Center, Azar said. “When the rest of the fifth graders wanted to join in, I knew it was going to be an incredible thing,” she added.
Fifth-grader Kaitlynn Richwalski said, “It was fun, and I felt like I was doing something good for other kids in our community.”