Students, schools spotlight reading at Daffin Park literacy event

Students and supporters gathered at Daffin Park to celebrate reading and to highlight literacy programs for children in the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System. Ken Slatz, a reporter who covered the event, described the setting as combining books and family activities to encourage reading.

An unnamed student who spoke at the event said, “I think it's fantastic and I love to read.” Other student remarks emphasized how reading expands imagination: “Being able to read a book takes you to worlds you might not ever be able to go to, to learn things about other cultures, about other places around the globe,” one student said.

Ken Slatz, reporting from the event, said Daffin Park “was turned into that imagination land. Books, blankets, and a band. Food, fun, and festivities,” and he named two students singled out during coverage as “Butler Elementary's Tamaria and Isle Of Hope's Grayson.”

A student at the event framed literacy as a guiding goal, saying, “When you think about the North Star, you think about direction. You think about guidance. You think about where it will take you. So with literacy being our North Star, that is our focal point.”

Speakers described the event as intended to show children how important reading is to their lives and to make books available for home use. “And this is just a showcase again of how dedicated we as a school system are to making sure that every child has materials that they can read at home with their parents,” a student quoted in the coverage said.

Ken Slatz closed the recorded remarks by saying, “From their homes to our schools to adulthood, students at SCCPSS will follow that North Star towards success. I'm Ken Slatz reporting.”