By Correne Martin
It was Dr. Seuss’ birthday, and certainly an extra special one at Wauzeka-Steuben Elementary School Thursday, March 2. Organic Valley, the thriving farmers’ cooperative out of La Farge, had about a dozen employees and farmers in the school for Read Across America Week, to stimulate some fun conversations about farm-to-table and to grow tomorrow’s readers and writers.
The two-hour addendum to regularly-scheduled curriculum was a real treat for the students, who studied Organic Valley all week, as well as the teachers. The morning started with a “moo-ving” assembly in which the youths, many dressed like cowboys and even cows, learned about Organic Valley. Then, staff from the school and the organization shared the names of their favorite books and many mentioned Dr. Seuss’ classics. Dr. Seuss himself was also in attendance.