Teachers kick off reading program

Photo provided by JENNA VAUGHN -- Accelerated readers at Hammond Westside Montessori, first row from left, are Kalen Alexander, Jimmiesha Felder, Teniya Pines, Tyveion Franklin, Atilah Tircuit and Ymmot Jackson. Second row are Chelsea Watson, Amari Wilford, Ashante Travis, Jazmine Donahue and Erin Bell. Third row are Shyterrica Stalls, Keshon Adams, Troy Buggage, Amani Gilmore, Trey Schillace, Kendel Moore and Cadarious Barton.

Advocate staff report

Sixth-grade English and language arts teachers at Hammond Westside Montessori are focusing on Accelerated Reader, an online program in which students are assigned to read books, keep journals on what they have read and take tests on the books that they read.

The students in Tongia Keith’s sixth-grade class finished their first class novel, “Hiroshima” by Laurence Yep on Sept. 7. Every student was assigned to take a test on “Hiroshima,” and almost every student in all three classes passed the AR test, school officials said.

Students have started their second class novel, “Sadako.”