Georgia's First Lady Visits CDA

Pre-K students at the Child Development Association were all ears when Georgia’s First Lady Sandra Deal read a book to them last week. Then they reciprocated by singing a spirited rendition of "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom," the hit book by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault in which the letters of the alphabet have a race up a coconut tree.

Deal visited Pre-K classes at the CDA and three other North Fulton schools on March 23 as part of her “Read Across Georgia” campaign. She launched the initiative earlier this year in support of Governor Nathan Deal’s goal of increasing the percentage of children reading at grade level by the completion of third grade.

She was joined by Bobby Cagle, Commissioner of Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, which administers Georgia’s nationally recognized Pre-K program.

“Education is the door to opportunity,” Deal, a former teacher, told staff and board of trustee members on her arrival at the CDA. She emphasized the importance of early education for laying the groundwork for all future academic and career endeavors. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM ROSWELL PATCH