Hooray, hooray! It's Dr. Suess day

The Seuss was loose at the Encampment School on Thursday when teachers and students celebrated the famed children’s author and his birthday a few days early. National Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss day) is a national day to honor the late author and his contributions to children’s literature and literacy.

Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) was born March 2, 1904 in Springfield Mass. He wrote 48 books, including some for adults, according to history.com.

Several of his works have been adapted for television and film, the most famous of which is the Christmas classic, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” narrated by Boris Karloff.

Encampment kindergarten through fourth grade students participated in various Seuss-themed activities that included a Cat-in-the-Hat relay race in the gym, a “Mr. Gump has a Seven Hump Wump” singalong in the music room, “One-Fish, Two-Fish, Red-Fish, Blue-Fish” hand painting in the art room, and goldfish color-graphs in the math room.

On Monday, Saratoga got into the fun when Principal Dave Rangitsch and the staff of Saratoga Elementary made a green eggs and ham breakfast for the students. Later, the faculty put on skits of “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” and “Green Eggs and Ham” and followed with Dr. Seuss-themed cupcakes provided by Sweet Marie’s bakeshop. The students broke up into groups for individual readings of some of Dr. Seuss classics like, “There’s a Wocket in my Pocket”, “The Foot Book”, and “Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!”

The theme of the day was for the students to keep an open mind and try things before deciding if they like something or not and to embrace the ups and downs of each day.