【推荐1】High school graduations are one of the most important time in a teenager’s life. Four years of hard work, friendships, and dreams for the future all end up in a shining moment that will be remembered long after the caps and gowns are collecting dust.

So imagine Daverius Peters’ dismay when on May 19, as he headed into the ceremony to receive his diploma, he was stopped at the door by the fashion police. Although his sneakers were expensive and popular, Peters learned they were in violation of the school’s dress code and he was forbidden entry.

It looked as if Peters was about to miss his chance to walk across the stage with his classmates. When the upset senior caught sight of a friendly face, he went looking for help. John Butler, a teacher at Hahnville High School, was on hand for the graduation as a parent, not a staff member, but once he learned Peters, dilemma, he accompanied the young man to the entry to see if he could change the gatekeeper’s mind.

“I was hoping that maybe she would let it go, but she insisted on not letting this young man in. This was the most important moment in his life, and I wasn’t going to let him miss it for anything.” Butler told The Post. Without missing a beat, Butler simply swapped his size-11 loafers for Peters’ size-9 athletic shoes. With seconds to spare, Peters made it inside the venue (会场) just as the doors closed and was able to keep his place in the graduation line.

Although his family was thrilled that Butler’s quick thinking kept a joyful celebration from turning into an ugly situation, Peters wasn’t surprised. “Mr. Butler is that type of person. At school, if you’re having a bad day, he’ll be the one to take you out of class, walk around the school and talk with you.” Peters told The Post.

【推荐2】Some Interesting and Fun Things for You This Term

English Club

For the first-grade students

Time: Tuesday afternoon and Friday evening

Place: Room 301

Tele: 77459312

Math Exam

For the third-grade students

Time: on Monday, September 23rd

Place: Room 306

PS: Top 10 will get a surprise

A Talk

For all students

Time: 14:30—16:30, October 25th

Place: in the school hall

Topic: How to Learn English Well

Singing Competition

For the second-grade students

Time: on Friday, December 27th

Place: in the music room

Tele: 58172352

【推荐1】As parents, most of us are keen to encourage a love of reading in our children but sometimes it can be hard to know how to do this. All four of these books contain loads of useful tips about how to get your kids into reading and stand out as my favourite books. The books should be widely available in libraries and bookshops. You can also buy them online with free postage anywhere in the world through the Book Depository.

Rocket Your Child into Reading

Best known as an Australian children's author, Jackie French also struggled at school with reading and writing and knows first-hand all about the inpact these stuggles have on a child's self- esteem and atiude to school and learning. In this book , Jackie looks at the dfferent ways children learn. She has some wonderful ideas about how parents can help stnggling readers.

Reading Magic

The book is beautifully witten with lots of iformation about the importance of reading aloud to children. As well as being an author of the most beautiful picture books for young children, Mem Fox is also a teacher and literacy advocate so her advice is backed up with lots of research. Reading Magic is quite a short book, full of hunour and very easy to read.

The Reading Bug

Before Paul Jennings started writing flltime, he was a special-education teacher and then a speech pathologist. Like Mem, Paul believes parents are the best reading teachers in the world and that parental involvement is key to a child learming to read and use language. This is another easy - to - read book which presents simple strategies to show how parents can use books to enrich their children's lives.

The Read-Aloud Handbook

This book was originally published in 1979 and is still in print. It contains many ideas to encourage reading in children. Originally a journalist, Jim Trelease has some interesting things to say about the US education system, with its emphasis on testing almost to the exclusion of all else. Like Mem Fox, Jim is a passionate advocate for children's literacy and the importance of reading to children.