On January 15, approximately 45 NDMS students, family members, and staff gathered to kick-off our second Reading Knightly family reading program. This year's book selection is No Summit Out of Sight by Jordan Romero (last year we used Fish in a Tree). This is a true story written by Jordan about his experiences as the youngest person to climb all 7 Summits! Reading Knightly is an invitation for families to read a great book together with no tests, questions, reading logs, or deadlines. This year I was able to get the books highly discounted from Scholastic, so families paid for the book and their dinner. We offered financial assistance as needed. Families gathered for dinner and then floated through Exploration Stations in the media center. We had pictures, articles, maps, and videos about the 7 Summits, altitude sickness, how mountains form, mountain wildlife, mountain climbing, dangers & rescues, and Jordan Romero. We also had two guests. Wendy Beck from the North Davidson Public Library promoted the public library resources to families. Scott Arrington from Gnarwall Bouldering Gym in Pfafftown brought pictures and equipment from his personal rock climbing adventures. In February the Reading Knightly students will take an exclusive field trip to the Gnarwall Bouldering Gym. Later in the semester we will also take a virtual field trip to Mount Everest using our hopefully-soon-to-arrive Google Expedition Kits. Our final event will be in April, where we will gather again to celebrate reading and hopefully hear a guest speaker inspire students to reach their goals (one of the main lessons in No Summit Out of Sight). The Animoto video shows some highlights from our kick-off! https://animoto.com/play/O6fldZfEd0P0ZVwVw24Y6w
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