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Worcester Prep students celebrate reading with Book Character Day
Fourth-grader Yasmina El Sabbagh of Milton portrays Mary Poppins.
May 17, 2017
Third-graders Anisha Batra of Rehoboth Beach, left, and Priya Haldar of Milton dress as Thing 1 and Thing 2.
Second-graders Bella Fernley of Berlin, Md., as a Troll and Cora Conway of Rehoboth Beach as Dr. Seuss' Bunny show off their Book Character Day costumes.
Worcester Prep Lower School students in pre-kindergarten to fifth grade celebrated National Children's Book Week May 3 by hosting a Book Character Day. To encourage a love of reading, teachers and students dressed as their favorite book characters for the day.
At noon, students were invited outside on the lawn to read their books in support of the Drop Everything and Read program, a national celebration of reading designed to remind families to make reading a priority activity in their lives.
Founded in 1970, WPS is an independent pre-kindergarten through grade 12 school located in Berlin, Md. More than 550 students attend from Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. For more information about WPS, go to www.worcesterprep.org or call 410-641-3575.
