Author Visit; Thursday, March 1st.
Author: Jim Aylesworth

Phyllis Houck wrote a grant request from the Partnership Committee to fund an author visit. The Partnership Committee is a sub-committee of the Dixon School Board. This Committee funds projects and/or activities that involve extra-curricular and co-curricular projects. The Committee funds items and projects that the District and other resources can not fund. "I wanted Mr. Aylesworth to visit our students this week to correlate with Read Across America day," Phyllis said.  This is celebrated across America in correlation with Dr. Seuss's birthday, March 2nd.. Lincoln School had community guest readers come the afternoon of Wednesday, February 29th,  to read some of Mr. Aylesworth's books to the second and third grade students in their classrooms to preview his visit on Thursday. Both days were very informative and enjoyable for the students. The students loved hearing about Mr. Aylesworth life and how he became an author. Mr. Aylesworth uses a lot of music and rhyme in his stories which catches children's attention and holds their interest. One of the most intriguing parts was the students' reaction when he told them he used to be a first grade teacher.
Teachers and students decorated each classroom using a theme from one of Mr. Aylesworth's books. To our surprise, after the presentations,  Mr. Aylesworth visited each room and signed the artwork. He will never forget the wonderful students and staff from Lincoln.