Mrs. Mississippi American 2020 reads to first graders virtually for ‘Read Across America’ Day

‘Read Across America’ Day is also being celebrated in classrooms across Mississippi virtually this year.

Mrs. Mississippi American 2020 Jamiee Dorris may not have been able to read to a room full of first graders due to the pandemic, however, she still found a way to share one of her favorite Dr. Seuss stories with students across the state.

In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, Dorris dressed up as Cat in the Hat and recorded her reading “Oh the Places You’ll Go.”

While Dorris may not have been able to interact with the students face-to-face, technology is giving more children a chance to enjoy her reading. “I think that is the neat thing about this pandemic that I don’t know that we speak about very much. Necessity breeds invention, right? We have found we have this technology to do videos. I’m sitting here videoing on my phone and then I am going to text the video up to Jackson and they are going to put it in classrooms across America. That I will be able to reach today with this story more kids than I could ever reach just by visiting one school.”

The celebration of books and reading will continue throughout the month of March as part of National Reading Month.