Celtics.com
BOSTON – At the height of this year’s presidential election, the Senate Chamber of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute played host to the launch of the Read to Achieve program presented by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Students from Hooks Elementary School in Chelsea, Massachusetts and Higginson Lewis School in Boston joined Celtics forward Jae Crowder and Celtics alumni Leon Powe for the tip-off read along.
When the doors of the Chamber opened Tuesday afternoon, the students emulated future Senators as they orderly sat at the state’s respective desks. With a copy of Big George written by Anne Rockwell and Matt Phelanat in hand, the youth smiled bright, eager to begin reading.