GES students mooooove through books

Goodloe Elementary School (GES) students that participated in the school Read-a-thon were recently rewarded with Chick-fil-A. These students raised over $800 for the school library. Students also visited the Madison County Library Systems BookMobile. GES librarian Ms. Joyner was given a special thanks for creating fun and engaging ways to encourage GES scholars to read. According to the Department of Education, the more students read or are read to for fun on their own time and at home, the higher their reading scores, generally. Books contain many words that children are unlikely to encounter frequently in spoken language. Books for kids actually contain fifty percent more words that children are unlikely to encounter frequently than regular conversation, TV or radio.