Supervisor Sophie Maxwell at Starr King Elementary School. May 2009Reading Makes for Good NutritionBy Elizabeth WeiseIf you’ve heard a strange sound coming from Starr King Elementary School – the big blue school on top of Potrero Hill – over the past couple of months, don’t worry. It’s just the hum of upwards of 125 books being read by an auditorium full of rapt children. The soft rustle of pages is something families at the school have been hearing a lot lately, with the launch of Books for Dinner family nights and Books for Breakfast mornings earlier this spring. At each event, Starr King students enjoy a great meal donated by Mission and Potrero Hill merchants, including Roosevelt’s Tamale Parlor, and then settle in for some serious, even strenuous, reading. The books come in all shapes, sizes and three different languages, English, Spanish and Mandarin. Guest readers have included District 10 Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, Potrero Hill fire fighters, and Caleb Clark Potrero Health Center doctors and nurses. As with all good stories, this one has sequels. Each student goes home with their own stack of books, donated by the Children’s Book Project and the YMCA. Potrero Hill families with too many books or too few bookshelves are welcome to donate to the project; contact Starr King parent Terrence Jones at tntsf@pacbell.net. |
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