Rep. Rebimbas reads to school children

Representative Rosa Rebimbas (R-70) pushed through tongue-twisting terminology and spent Friday morning reading a classic children’s story to several classes of students during Read Across America Day in Naugatuck.

Rep. Rebimbas read the Dr. Seuss favorite “The Cat In The Hat” to more than 100 children in four classrooms at Central Avenue and Salem Elementary School.  When she finished she donated a copy of the featured book to each class along with coloring booklets loaded with Connecticut facts to each student.

“I’m happy to be able to spend time reading to our school children,” Rep. Rebimbas said.  “Reading is such an important part of learning, whether it’s a history book, mathematics problem or a classic work of children’s literature. Promoting literacy at an early age sets kids up to succeed in the future.”

“The teachers and administrators in our public schools do a great job preparing our children and I am always impressed at how attentive the students are,” Rep. Rebimbas said.  

Launched by the National Education Association in 1998, Read Across America Day involves more than 3.2 million teachers, librarians, athletes, celebrities, politicians, business professionals and everyday people reading to an estimated 45 million children in 2010.

For more information about this great event please visit www.nea.org/readacross

To watch a video of this event click here.