![Senator Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/02-10-15_official_hs_omara-hs-040_0.jpg?itok=gJ9N77KJ)
National Read Across America Day!
March 2, 2017
-
ISSUE:
- Literacy; Reading
![March 2, 2017 is National Read Across America Day.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/readacrossamericaday.png?itok=364a-Ey6)
Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids, teens, and books, and you can too! Incorporate these guides and activities to celebrate reading with young people.
“One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children” -- Dr. Carl Sagan
"Read, read, read" -- William Faulkner
From the National Educational Association: "NEA’s Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually on March 2—Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids, teens, and books, and you can too! Incorporate these guides and activities to celebrate reading with young people."
Read more HERE.
Share this Article or Press Release
Newsroom
Go to Newsroom![Senator O'Mara offers his weekly perspective on many of the key challenges and issues facing the Legislature.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/2023/07/03/capitol-column-homepage.jpg?itok=pOCXd0yJ)
![Senator O'Mara offers his weekly perspective on many of the key challenges and issues facing the Legislature.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/2023/06/20/capitol-column-homepage.jpg?itok=6AcYPgnZ)
![State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C-Big Flats) and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C-Corning) today joined the Corning-Painted Post school community to pay tribute to a roster of the school’s 2022-2023 New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) champions in several sports.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/2023/06/15/9533617f-8fd6-4a63-88bb-5344067f5d30.jpeg?itok=Iz_KCZzf)