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Greenwich Public Schools Host Greenwich Reads Together Programs

As part of the community-wide reading program Greenwich Reads Together, the Greenwich Public Schools will host several programs and discussion groups to support the community’s reading of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. During the last two weeks of October, the school community will have multiple opportunities to engage in activities centered on this bestselling book and the companion books selected for younger readers: Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate and My Name is Sangoel by Karen Williams and Khadra Mohammed, illustrated by Catherine Stock.

The events are:

Greenwich High School:

  • GHS will hold its annual Greenwich Reads Together Discussion Day on Monday, Oct. 26 and offer a series of related programs for faculty and students. In connection with Americanah, there will be programs featuring Nigeria Revisited author Catherine Onyemelukwe and Nigerian storyteller Princess Omaa Adobi Ume-Ezeoke. Following school, Headmaster Chris Winters and English Department Head Brigid Barry will lead a book discussion on Americanah in the Media Center for faculty, staff, and retired faculty.
  • Social Studies and English teachers have encouraged their students to read Americanah and Home of the Brave independently and participate in the town-wide GRT essay contest.

Central Middle School:

  • All CMS students received a copy of Home of the Brave to read and will participate in specific lessons concerning it during Academic Base in October and November.
  • Some classes will collaborate with immigrant and refugee students from a school in Bridgeport.
  • CMS will hold an International Potluck supper for students and parents in early December.

Eastern Middle School:

  • Nigerian storyteller Princess Omaa Adobi Ume-Ezeoke will visit EMS on Oct. 22 to conduct two student assemblies on Igbo folklore

Western Middle School:

  • WMS students will read Home of the Brave and discuss its themes with faculty and parents.
  • On Oct. 28, sixth through eighth graders will create a “Share Your Story” banner in the WMS cafeteria. The banner will include student anecdotes on how they have dealt with dramatic changes in their own lives.
  • Students will tell their own stories as part of a metaphor and video study.

Cos Cob School School:

  • All students will read My Name is Sangoel as a read aloud.
  • Fifth grade students are reading Home of the Brave as a read-aloud and analyzing its themes.

Glenville School:

  • Glenville will conduct an all school read aloud of My Name is Sangoel.

The International School at Dundee:

  • ISD will conduct an all school read aloud of My Name is Sangoel.

Julian Curtiss School of World Languages:

  • My Name is Sangoel author Karen Williams visited Julian Curtiss on Oct. 20.

New Lebanon School:

  • New Lebanon will conduct an all school read aloud of My Name is Sangoel.

North Mianus School:

  • Literacy Specialist Erin Lynch created an interactive read aloud guide paired with an MTV routine around the themes raised in My Name is Sangoel

North Street School:

  • Grade 1 through 5 students will read My Name is Sangoel to gain a deeper understanding of the life of refugees.
  • Grade 3 through 5 students will take virtual field trips to parts of Sudan – Sangoel’s homeland – and screen videos about volunteers at the Pittsburg Refugee Center, whose Executive Director is My Name is Sangoel co-author Khadra Mohammed.

Old Greenwich School:

  • My Name is Sangoel author Karen Williams visited Old Greenwich School on Oct. 19 and the Grades 4-5 Book Club, and discussed My Name is Sangoel with Principal Raneri.

Parkway School:

  • All students will read My Name is Sangoel with Mrs. Attanasio in Media classes.

Riverside School:

  • Riverside will conduct an all school read aloud of My Name is Sangoel.

For more information about Greenwich Reads Together activities in the Greenwich Public Schools, visit greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=10517

About Greenwich Reads Together

Greenwich Reads Together is a community-wide reading experience which will engage all of Greenwich in exploring a single book. Several community organizations are part of the Steering Committee leading Greenwich Reads Together, including Greenwich Library, Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich Historical Society, Greenwich Alliance for Education, Greenwich Pen Women, Greenwich Public Schools and private schools, and Friends of Greenwich Library. Nearly 20 community organizations participated in the 2014 Greenwich Reads Together, and more than 6,500 Greenwich residents participated in events. For more information, visit greenwichreadstogether.org

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