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ONE SCHOOL, ONE BOOK — During February, all Caston Elementary School students and staff are reading “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White as part of the program One School, One Book.
The book was introduced during a special assembly on Monday, Feb. 3. Photo provided by the Caston School Corp.
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By LEAH SANDER Staff Writer Caston Elementary School students and staff are getting caught up in “Charlotte’s Web.” All of them are reading the sto-
ry by E.B. White in February as part of One School, One Book. It’s the first time the elementary has done the program from national nonprofit Read to Them. One School, One Book was made possible at Caston thanks
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STORYTIME — Caston Elementary School Principal Jennifer Lukens, in the upper left corner, reads from “Charlotte’s Web” at an assembly on Monday, Feb. 3, as part of One School, One Book. Photo provided by the Caston School Corp.
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to funding from the Cass County Community Foundation. Caston School Corp. Curriculum Director Shelly Sarver, who worked with the foundation to bring One School, One Book to the elementary, said she created a committee of teachers and parents to develop the program for Caston. “Some of our parents that I involved ... had ... experience (with One School, One Book) at another school,” she said. Sarver added she’d known about One School, One Book prior, but had trouble securing funding for it previously. A “huge donor” allowed the program to come to Caston as well as a few other Cass County elementary schools, said Sarver. She said that donor wants to keep the program going in Cass County, and she hopes Caston can do it again in the 2025-26 school year. Sarver said the elementary had several requirements to meet for One School, One Book, including having certain activities and tasks in school and a parent night.
HIS OWN BOOK — Caston Elementary School second grader Aiden Barton holds up his copy of “Charlotte’s Web” on Monday, Feb. 3. Photo provided by the Caston School Corp. The latter is occurring in the form of a school carnival from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28. Sarver said the event will have a “fair-like” theme to go with the book’s subject. “Charlotte’s Web” was chosen Continued on page 5
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