School Spirit Days

  • a header that says "Read Across America; March 2025" with a marble notebook background

Read Across America Week is a fun and exciting event celebrated across the United States to encourage kids to read more! It takes place the week of March 2nd, in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, as he was an author who made reading fun for many kids.

We celebrated Read Across America Week at PS 255 with a series of spirit days and fun reading themed activities!

March 3: Dr. Seuss Day!

  • two teachers and a student wearing Dr. Seuss themed outfits
  • a group of students holding Dr. Seuss books
  • two teachers and a student in the hallway wearing Dr. Seuss shirts
  • a group of 6 students wearing bright colored clothing
  • a large group of students in the classroom wearing red and white striped hats made of paper
  • a group of 5 students in the classroom wearing bright clothes
  • two teachers and two students wearing Dr. Seuss themed clothes
  • a group of 7 students wearing brightly colored clothing
  • a large group of students wearing paper Dr. Seuss hats
  • a group of 6 students wearing brightly colored clothing
  • 3 students in a row wearing Dr. Seuss themed clothes
  • a group of students and a teacher wearing brightly colored clothing
  • a teacher and 2 students dressed as the Cat in the Hat
  • two teachers and two students dressed in Dr. Seuss themed shirts
  • a teacher and a student dressed as the Cat in the Hat

March 4: Color War!

  • 3 students in a row wearing red
  • 3 students standing and wearing red
  • a large group of students in the classroom wearing green
  • 7 students in the hallway wearing green
  • a large group of students in the hallway wearing green
  • a group of students and the teacher wearing purple
  • 4 students in the hallway wearing purple
  • 4 students in a row wearing purple
  • 3 students standing wearing purple
  • 3 students in a row wearing purple
  • a group of 4 students wearing purple
  • 3 students and a teacher wearing purple
  • 4 students standing in the hallway wearing yellow
  • 4 students in a row wearing yellow
  • a group of students with 2 teachers, all wearing yellow
  • a boy standing in the hallway pointing to his shoe
  • group of 5 students wearing blue
  • a group of 7 students wearing blue
  • 5 students in the classroom wearing blue
  • a large group of students in the classroom wearing blue

March 5: Read My Shirt!

  • a group of 6 students wearing shirts with words
  • a group of 10 students wearing shirts with writing
  • a group of 10 students wearing shirts with words
  • a group of 6 students wearing shirts with writing
  • a student wearing a dress that has a lot of words
  • 5 students in a row wearing shirts that have words
  • a large group of students in the classroom wearing shirts with writing
  • a group of 4 students wearing shirts with words
  • 2 students sitting in the classroom
  • 4 students in the hallway wearing shirts with writing
  • 5 students in the hallway wearing shirts with writing
  • a large group of students in a classroom wearing shirts with words
  • 4 students in the hallway wearing shirts with words
  • one student wearing a blue shirt with writing
  • 2 students in the hallway wearing shirts with words
  • a large group of students in the hallway wearing shirts with words

March 7: Book Character Day!

  • teacher with 2 students dressed as book characters
  • 5 students in a row wearing Dr. Seuss hats
  • 4 students dressed in black robes as Harry Potter
  • 2 students dressed as book characters
  • teacher holding a stuffed pig
  • 5 students wearing "thing 1-5" labels on shirts
  • teacher wearing a blue dress holding a book
  • student wearing a yellow hat holding a book and blue stuffed animal
  • student wearing a Dr. Seuss hat holding a small box
  • student wearing a blue dinosaur costume
  • student wearing a green shirt holding a dinosaur figurine
  • student holding a "Dogman" book
  • student holding the book "Lily's Purple Plastic Purse"
  • student holding open a graphic novel
  • student holding 2 "Junie B. Jones" books
  • 5 teachers dressed as mice and 1 teacher wearing a cookie costume
  • 2 students dressed as Dr. Seuss characters
  • 2 teachers wearing bright green shirts and rabbit ears holding a book
  • 2 students standing in front of the window
  • 1 student wearing a blue wig 1 student dressed as a cheerleader
  • 2 students wearing blue wigs and shirts that say "thing 1" and "thing 2"
  • 7 students and 1 teacher holding books
  • 5 students in a row holding books
  • teacher holding a book wearing a sweatshirt that says "1972 Olympics"
  • teacher standing in front of a stack of "Wonder" books
  • group of teachers and students with caption "Book Character Day"