DELIVERING SMILES: Class of 2021 Gives 1,000 Books to Schools.

Six-year-old Ariel Sellors-Cooper was in her first-grade classroom at Montlieu Academy of Technology when a group of High Point University students burst in with boxes full of books.

Sellors-Cooper was the first of her classmates to line up as the HPU students began unpacking the bundles of books. She quickly spotted the one she wanted, "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown. Hugging it, she went back to her seat and began reading aloud. "In the great, great, green room ..."

It was one of nearly 1,000 books that the Class of 2021 donated to local schools last fall.

"I really like reading this kind of book," she said. "I was excited when my teacher told us that we were getting new books."

Through HPU's Common Experience Program, incoming students are invited to share their favorite book with a local child by donating a copy when they arrive to campus for the start of the fall semester. Each book contains a note on the inside front cover written by the HPU student.

The Common Experience Program allows first-year students to interact through a yearlong examination of a topic or issue that requires interdisciplinary thought and collaboration. Students also participate in a common read where all first-year students read the same book and participate in a multifaceted learning experience.

Since the common read is an integral part of the Common Experience Program, it seemed only fitting to ask incoming students to choose a book that has personal significance for them and donate it to the community.

Scott Wojciechowski...

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