2020 Reading Week Event

Mentoring and investing in the lives of our youth are so important to me. I was honored to have participated in Reading Week at the Emma G. Whiteknact school, where I was able to choose a book for the students to read and reflect on how it can apply to their lives. During my time together with the students of this 5th-grade class, we discussed the mile-high view of the book, The Hatchet. Our conversation stemmed from the survival story of the book’s main character, 13-year old Brian Robeson, and his struggles and adversity–and how a positive mind-set and wanting for ourselves to work to achieve to be the best version of our individual self. I look forward to the opportunity to come back together with the class after they have finished the book and assignments to discuss their perspective and takeaways from the book.