Revere parents, students enjoy Literacy Day

REVERE – Paul Revere School Principal Barbara Kelly peaked into a first-grade class Tuesday afternoon.?Isn?t this adorable,” she said as she looked at the classroom filled with students teaching their parents about what they have been learning all year in English Language Arts (ELA).It was Paul Revere?s first ever “literacy day,” but they?ve already had a mathematics day, and based on that success, they decided to do literacy day.?This builds the parent-teacher relationship and makes it stronger,” first-grade teacher Alison Buonome said Tuesday.Kelly added that the relationship between parents and teachers at Paul Revere is an exceptional one.?We really work hard to make that connection between parents and school to be as strong as possible,” she said.Fifth-graders Delaney and Carter Cesareo taught their mother Kathy Cesareo readers theater, a teaching tool where students act out what they are reading to improve comprehension.?I?m very interested in my children?s education,” Kathy Cesareo said. “This gives me a grasp on what they have been learning.”Delaney Cesareo seemed glad her mom took the time to visit.?I get to show her everything I do here,” the shy fifth-grader said.Carter Cesareo anxiously waited to show his mother the computers he uses at the school.?I can show her all the websites I go on,” he said.Parent Pauline Perno believes parents must be involved in their children?s academic lives in order for the students to succeed.?We are at the point in the year where the kids are coming home with so much homework and they are preparing for the MCAS, that they lose sight on what we are pushing for,” Perno said. “Today, we can learn what the teachers are teaching, how they are teaching it and where they hope to be at the end of the year.”Sara Brown can be reached at [email protected].