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Dr. Geyer Reads to Goochland Students

In a previous role as principal in Clarke County Schools, Dr. Geyer enjoyed sharing his love for reading around winter holiday time. Among one of his favorite books is The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. In 2004, the book was turned into a hit movie directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Dr. Geyer wanted to share his tradition of reading the book with all of Goochland’s elementary students, but how? He turned to technology! Geyer produced a video with the help of his family of him reading the book. We later made the video available on our local server so that any classroom could play back the reading.

There’s great value in modeling of reading to students, across the elementary spectrum. We encourage families during this winter break to share favorite stories and favorite books at home. The “story” is a universal kernel that can be made into a book, a movie, or even music, a dance, or a painting. John Hendron had a few minutes to discuss Dr. Geyer’s motivation for sharing his love of quality literature with students. They recorded this audio podcast.

As mentioned in the recording, students at Randolph Elementary School sent their thanks with digital technology as well!