RECREATIONAL READING HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY HOSTS A TRAVELING SHOW.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer SAUGUS - Read California's Readapalooza Too kicked off its second statewide tour Friday at Highlands Elementary School Highlands Elementary School may refer to:
The traveling, interactive show promotes reading through a 20-minute performance featuring two characters, the Amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. Professor Umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. and his sidekick The first popular popup program for DOS PCs, introduced by Borland in 1984. Sidekick included a calculator, notepad, calendar, phone dialer and ASCII table and popularized the concept of a terminate and stay resident (TSR) utility. , Lyric. ``It's a nice award for our kids,'' Principal Bob Moloznik said. ``It gives them good motivation for reading.'' The Readapalooza Too comes to Highlands Elementary Highlands Elementary was opened in 1996 and is for children in grades pre-k to fifth grade. Many changes have occurred in the schools history, including the after school clubs having electives. The school also has two bands. in part as a celebration of students who were named among the the top readers in the state. Taking on a challenge by the governor to increase reading time, Highlands kids read more than 4 million minutes during the last school year. The school was one of 400 statewide that received the governor's reading award. Students and school officials are hoping to continue their challenge this year. ``The program has been expanded,'' Moloznik said. ``They have allocated more money to reward more schools this year.'' Award money received in May will be used to expand the library hours at the school, officials said. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Highlands Elementary kids share a laugh at the Read California's Readapalooza show. (2 -- 3) Above, Paul-Dean Martin as Professor Umlaut looks confused about sounds that seem to come from fourth-grader Andrew Stropkai's mind during Read California's Readapalooza Too, a traveling show to promote reading held Friday at Highlands Elementary in Saugus. At left, Donnie Kehr as the professor's sidekick, Lyric, informs students on the proper recipe for flipping Flipping Buying shares in an initial public offering (IPO), and then selling the shares immediately after the start of public trading to turn an immediate profit. flipping pages. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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