Two Kanawha magistrates to participate in Read Across America Day

 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Two Kanawha County magistrates will participate in Read Across America Day on Monday, March 2, by administering the "Reader’s Oath" to students at two Kanawha County elementary schools.

Magistrate Kim Aaron will deliver the oath at 8 a.m. to students at Chesapeake Elementary School and Magistrate Julie Yeager will deliver the oath at 8 a.m. to students at Montrose Elementary School. Chesapeake Elementary School is located at 13620 MacCorkle Avenue, Charleston, phone (304) 949-1121. Montrose Elementary is located at 631 Montrose Dr., Charleston, phone (304) 348-1930.

Read Across America Day is an annual event held on March 2, the birthday of the late Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.

The magistrates’ participation in the event is part of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia’s Robes to Schools program. The goal of Robes to Schools is to have active and retired justices, circuit judges, family court judges, and magistrates make regular appearances in West Virginia schools. In the two-part program, judicial officers read to elementary school students, and they participate in a speaker’s bureau to talk to elementary, middle and high school classes about the judicial system.

The "Reader’s Oath" was written by Debra Angstead of Missouri.

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