Reading Initiative

In collaboration with the Putnam American Legion Post 13, Putnam Elementary School has begun a literacy initiative focusing on reading in second grade. For the next eight weeks, local members of the American Legion Post will be sharing reading to groups of Grade 2 students. The program is designed to build on students’ reading skills and also for the students to see the benefits and strengths of community members helping others. Veterans: Cosmo Quercia, Alan Joslin, Barbara Smith, Roger Franklin, Marc Coderre, and Ron Coderre. Students, left to right: Jackson St. Hilaire, Alivia Ortiz, Nyla Magalhaes, Thomas Espinosa, Michael Thomas, Kayla Troiano, Cameron Blanchard, Gabriella Sargent, Laura Coderre, Devin LeBeau, Gavin Weiker, Theresa Coomey, Bailey Champagne, Logan Walker, Colin Gendron, Maya Danburg. Superintendent William Hull said, “It is wonderful to have our great veterans work with our great students.” Courtesy photo.