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Williamstown Students Celebrate Words With Costume Parade
09:58AM / Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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First-grade teacher Jane Russett leads her class of 'things' from 'The Cat in the Hat' in the Words Are Wonderful costume parade on Wednesday.


WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — "The Cat in the Hat." "Charlotte's Web." "Harry Potter." The words "judge," "retro," "athletic" and "photosynthesis."

Words and books of all shapes and sizes were on parade on Wednesday morning during Williamstown Elementary School's annual Words Are Wonderful costume parade. The parade encourages students — and teachers — to dress up as their favorite word or book character to celebrate their love of reading with a walk around the front of the school in front of cheering parents and then through the Harper Center to brighten the day of local senior citizens.

The parade is part of the weeklong Words Are Wonderful festival of language. In addition to the costume parade, students are treated to visits from authors, a book fair, community readers, an afternoon of word games and this year a trip to the '62 Center at Williams College to see Berkshire Theater Group's Production of local author Ty Allan Jackson's "Danny Dollar Millionaire Extraordinaire" on Friday.

The Scholastic Book Fair is open to the public in the school's auditorium until 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. A complete schedule is available here.

More photos from the parade.

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