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Reading Photo Challenge

Picture This: Students merge photography and reading for International Children’s Book Day challenge

Dhahran School Reading contest Hadley Armstrong 4th grade

Staff at Dhahran Hills Elementary School (DHS) are always looking for fun and engaging ways to excite students about reading. 

 

During the month of April, to celebrate International Children’s Book Day on April 2, students were challenged to take photographs showing them reading in an interesting place or in an unusual way. 

 

Photos that follow the school’s “3B's” — being safe, being responsible, and being respectful — were requested, and students did not disappoint, taking advantage of their April break to capture unique pictures in our community and much further afield. 

 

School librarian, Cathy Brekke, is understandably passionate about reading, and believes that nothing is as important as empowering students to read for enjoyment. Engaged readers need choice, and that’s exactly what the library offers. 

 

The Reading Photo Challenge is not the only activity DHS runs to engage students and their families with reading. This year, the library hosted the “Hygge Fest,” “Book-n-Blankie Bundle Up,” “Library Scavenger Hunt,” and “Hungry for Books” event, and various “Book Tastings” for students from different grade levels.

  

The objective is not simply to encourage our children to develop a lifelong love of books and reading — but also to foster a sense of community. 

 

Caption for top photo: Fourth-grader Hadley Armstrong captured this image of her chilling and reading.

 

Here are some of the other submissions.

 
Dhahran School Reading Challenge Benjamin Brown K4
Benjamin Brown K4
Dhahran School Reading Challenge Basil Mahmoud Hamza K4
Basil Mahmoud Hamza, K4
Dhahran School Reading Challenge Benas Geciauskas K4
Benas Geicauskas, K4
Dhahran School Reading Contest Charlie Purcell
Carlie Purcell, kindergarten
Dhahran School Reading Challenge Christopher Yacoub 3rd grade
Christopher Yacoub, third grade
Dhahran School Reading contest Hajra Omar 1st grade
Hajra Omar, first grade
Dhahran School Reading contest Elnora McGee 2nd grade
Elnora McGee, second grade
Dhahran School Reading contest Jasper Chiu 4th Grade
Jasper Chiu, fourth grade
Dhahran School Reading contest Rahma Zeeshan 1st grade
Rahma Zeeshan, first grade
Dhahran School Reading contest Hope Ryan kindergarten
Hope Ryan, Kindergarten
Dhahran School Reading contest Saransh Patel 2nd grade.jpg
Saransh Patel, second grade
Dhahran School Reading contest Aisya Amir 4th grade online
Aisya Amir, fourth grade
Dhahran School Reading contest Zane Hamdan 1st grade
Zane Hamdan, first grade