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Washtucna celebrates Dr. Seuss's birthday

School finds ways to celebrate, not cancel, culture

WASHTUCNA – Tigercats celebrated Dr. Seuss's 117th birthday in good old-fashioned style with Principal Michael Amend appearing as the Cat in the Hat to read to elementary students.

The Cat chose "Yertle the Turtle" to read to the third- through fifth-graders, and beginning readers in kindergarten through second-grade got to hear – you guessed it – "The Cat in the Hat." The Cat read the ABC book for the pre-kindergarten class.

Students filled in the missing words every time Amend left a well-known sentence unfinished.

Dr. Seuss's birthday is a nationwide reading celebration taking place annuall...

 

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