On March 7th, Holsenbeck celebrated Reading with the Stars.

Heroes, celebrities, and athletes came to Holsenbeck to share their love of reading with our students.

Thank you to everyone who made this day possible. Our hawks have such great role models in the community and beyond.

Check out some of the QUOTES from our HAWKS:

Pre-K

“I liked the bear puppet Ms Green brought.”  Oriana M.

“Ms Green read a story about a dog with stinky breath.” Haley S.

“Chopper (Stripers mascot) was so big.”  Maverick F.

“Chopper gave me a high 5 after the story.”  Myles M.

Kindergarten

"My favorite part was the cop because he was such a good reader and read a quiet book to me" -Emory A.

"I liked when Harper's dad was reading to us because Harper is my friend" -Alec M.

1st Graders

“Getting to meet new people, especially the high schoolers from Winder Barrow.” - Erin B.

 “Having my Nana read to the whole first grade!” - Sunny J.

“I liked the Bulldog, and being able to ask him questions. We asked him to do dance tricks and he was funny!” - Osvaldo R.

2nd Graders

“Meeting the Stars! I have never seen a famous football player or military man in real life! It was SO COOL!” -Corbin S.

“I really liked hearing The Book with No Pictures. The reader made me laugh, it was very funny” -Izzy N.

 “When the football player (Jhaydon Sullivan) read the Dog Breath book! It was very funny and meeting him was very cool” -Landon D.

“I really enjoyed the book the army guy (Marshall Cox) picked to read for us! He did a good job!” -Landan Y.

"My favorite part was the Book with No Pictures." - Mason P

"My favorite part was when Jhaydon Sullivan read Dog Breath because it was funny." - Paxton R.

"My favorite part was meeting Marshall Cox because my two uncles are in the Army." - Charley Mae

3rd Graders

My favorite part was when an actress who played in an actual tv show read us a book.  Draya S. 

I liked having special guests read to us. - Brantley C. 

I liked listening to Kelsey and Lily read and answer our questions.  - Annalyse M. 

Dr. McMichael read the book 7 ate 9 which was really funny. - Zabella W. 

It was good to have Mrs. Maynard read to us again. She read a fractured fairytale like she did in when she taught 2nd grade. - Jossy M. 

4th Graders

Will G. "My favorite part was Jud Smith because the book he read was awesome and, he confirmed my suspicion that cops really do love donuts."

Kaylee G. "My favorite was Chandon Sullivan because he answered all of our questions about football and what inspired him to play in the NFL."

AubreeAnne B. and Jayvon H. "We liked Nike because they taught us a fun cheer that they do every morning and gave some of us cool prizes like stickers and bracelets."

"My favorite part of Reading with the Stars was when Sheriff Jud Smith was making different voices for each character!"  -Ale C.

"I liked when we did the Nike Chant and how they took turns reading!" -Gaby W.

"My favorite part was asking Chandon Sullivan questions."  Chance B.

"My favorite part of Reading with the Stars is when Tyreek challenged me and "GG" to a Griddy Battle!"  Levi G.

5th Graders

“We got to learn about people’s lives… especially Max Pentecost.” - Natalie S. 

“I liked sharing that I have chickens with Judge Power Evans, she seemed really interested!” - Skye X.

“I liked seeing Max Pentecost again… my goal is to be a professional baseball player and he went in the first round of the draft!” - Zaiden B.

“My favorite one was the baseball player… he was very nice and humble!” - Morgan