Linda Saah, an outreach instructor with the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, shows Frank Porter Graham Elementary School students an American alligator at the school’s Read-a-thon Night on Monday, part of the school’s 13th annual Read-a-thon. For this year’s theme, “Read with Me Under the Sea,†FPG staff and students created an undersea reading area, fisherman’s wharf, beach scene and tiki hut in the school’s media center.
From left: Landon Rosanbalm, Kaya Hencke, Madeline Brooks, Emma Weinberg, Heri Ongechi, Becca Gwynne (background) and Linda Saah. Photo by Chris McDaniels.