S.C. Leg. Stern reads to Forest Park students

Shown in the photo, are Assistant Principal Deborah Kolodny, Board of Education President Fran Greenspan, Legislator Steve Stern and Principal Ross Diener with some students. S.C. Leg. Steve Stern (D-Huntington, 16th L.D), participated in Huntington's Forest Park Elementary School PARP program, reading to students from kindergarten to fifthgrade. ThePARP program helps foster a love of learning by encouraging parents to read to their children for 15 minutes a day. The event had a Western theme. Leg.Stern read How I Spent My Summer Vacation, by Mark Teague to the children.

"Reading together is a wonderful way for parents and children to share time together," Leg. Stern said. "It encourages a life long love of reading and learning that will stay with children for their entire lives. I applaud Principal Ross Deiner and Assistant Principal Deborah Kolodny and the faculty of Forest Park Elementary for their continued dedication to important programs such as PARP."