‘Read Across America’ winning bookmarks available at LPMS library

As part of the Read Across America program, Liberty Park Middle School librarian Jean Deal encouraged students to participate in a drawing contest to create bookmarks. 

Eighth-grade student Lexie Durick won the contest, and sixth-grade student Alex Ricketts was named runner-up. Copies of the winning bookmark are available in the school library. 

Read Across America is an annual program that celebrates reading. A small task force at the National Education Association came up with the idea in 1997. Read Across America is celebrated on March 2, Dr. Seuss’s birthday.