一年级和二年级的学生们在12月份参加了由卡尔加里读书组织支持的阅读集会活动。学校的所有一年级和二年级的孩子都有机会参与这个特别的活动，共同庆祝文化素养和对阅读的热爱。

学生们聚集在体育馆，与社区志愿者以及彭宾纳管道公司的志愿者成为伙伴。志愿者们向孩子们朗读了各种书籍，并分享了他们对阅读的喜悦。学生们则为老师们表演的读者剧场所娱乐，不时发出笑声和掌声！

下午活动的一个亮点是我们的卡尔加里教育委员会代表玛丽莲·丹尼斯读了戴夫·凯利的《我曾经在爱德森遇到过一只麋鹿》。学生们围拢过来，丹尼斯委员也分享了她自己的阅读经历以及阅读对她生活产生的积极影响。其他特别嘉宾还包括卡尔加里警察局警官斯科特·霍耶德，第四区系统主管佐伊·塞雷迪克和道格拉斯·哈克尼斯学校的志愿者。

阅读集会圆满结束，学生们每人都得到了一个装满崭新书籍和其他促进文化素养活动的特别袋子作为礼物。学生们带着焕然一新的精力回到教室，激发了他们对阅读的热爱，也加强了我们的社区意识！“我喜欢它，所有的一切！”一个充满热情的一年级学生分享道。

​The Grade 1 and 2 students at Douglas Harkness School participated in a Reading Rally in December with the support of Calgary Reads. All Grade 1 and 2 children in the school had the opportunity to engage in this special event to celebrate literacy and their love of reading.

Students gathered in the gym and were partnered with volunteers from our community as well as from Pembina Pipeline Corporation. Volunteers read a variety of books to the children and shared their joy of reading. Students were entertained by a Reader’s Theatre put on by their teachers which prompted many giggles and lots of applause!

A highlight of the afternoon was when our Calgary Board of Education Trustee, Marilyn Dennis read aloud the story I Met an Elk in Edson Once by Dave Kelly. Students gathered close and Trustee Dennis shared some of her own reading experiences and the positive impact reading has made on her life. Other special guests included Calgary Police Service Constable Scott Hoard, Area 4 System Principal, Zoe Serediuk and Douglas Harkness School volunteers.

The Reading Rally came to a close and students were each gifted a special bag filled with brand new books and other activities to help promote literacy. Students returned to their classrooms with a renewed energy that ignited their joy of reading and strengthened our sense of community! “I loved it, all of it!” shared an enthusiastic Grade 1 student.