Schools
North End Students Benefit From Massive Book Drive
Nearly 2,000 titles were donated to Macdonough Elementary after highschoolers, Wes students and Americorps volunteers unite for literacy
By Matt Donahue
The National Honors Societies at Vinal, Mercy and Xavier high schools recently coordinated a donation of more than 1,000 books from St. Sebastian School with help from Wesleyan University students.
In all, nearly 2,000 books were donated to the Macdonough Elementary School in the North End of Middletown, to encourage students to read.
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The Bring Back a Book Drive, coordinated by Shane Donahue, an AmeriCorps volunteer at Macdonough, and other AmeriCorps volunteers, is the first regional book drive coordinated by Wesleyan University students with the surrounding Middletown schools.
Vinal’s NHS Adviser Cheryl Lee stated, “It’s helping the kids who may not have the resources to purchase books.”
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National Honor Society student member and community artist Elisha Bettencourt agreed. “My dream is that every Macdonough Elementary student has easy access to books … books that they can personally own, read, trade and interpret, while at the same time improving their critical reading skills and engaging in active academic discourse with their friends, family and teachers."
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