It was on Friday, 17th October 2009 when we celebrated our annual Reading Carnival. I was too happy because I had read more than 88 books.
Before that day we were told to wear our sports uniform. We had a meat meal on that day and juice. I was so excited because I was the second best reader in my class. We were given many gifts ie soda, twelve biscuits, a cup and a bookmark.
After we had a carnival which included the four houses: Rwenzori, Elgon, Mufumbiro and Kilimanjaro. We had five sessions. In each session there was a teacher. I participated in all the five sessions and Rwenzori won. We smartly dressed in our new t-shirts with the map of Arfica on it saying “Reading is a treat all Across Africa.” I was happy because Africa is my continent and my natural home hand. Our new teacher called Teacher Emily designed our beautiful t-shirts.
All and all I loved the reading carnival. Best wishes to Tr. Emily, head teacher, all of the Arlington Academy of Hope staff, and all the people in the United States.
This is again a rare achievement of AAH towards the development of reading culture. The youth of today do not have interest in reading either because the books not there or they don’t know how to read. It is even worse with parents, teachers and the leaders. For a child in P.6 to have read 88 books, it shows the serious of the school. Other schools should emulate this.