Alston in "Read to Achieve"

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  1. devin

    devin JBB JustBBall Member

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    Alston in "Read to Achieve"

    Well, that's one way to polish a tarnished image. Guess that's what he's been doing while nursing his injuries.

    http://www.nba.com/rockets/community/Read_...159647-822.html

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    Houston Rockets guard Rafer Alston, along with friends Curious George and “the man with the yellow hat,” stopped by Franklin Elementary School on Monday afternoon, November 28, 2005, for a Reading Time-Out with 50 first and second graders.

    At this “Read to Achieve” Reading Time-Out, Alston discussed the importance of reading and encouraged the children to keep working hard to meet their Read to Achieve Accelerated Reader (AR) goals. The kids were very “curious” and had many questions for Alston, who discussed many things, such as his favorite book (The Cat in the Hat), sport (basketball) and color (orange).

    Next, Alston read Margaret and H.A. Rey’s classic Curious George Goes to School to the kids. Franklin Elementary Principal Salvador Vega, disguised as “the man in the yellow hat” was on hand to read Curious George at the Fire Station.

    Following the story, to see what the children learned from the books, Alston and Vega hosted a pop quiz. Children who answered questions correctly won Rockets Read to Achieve caps and a copy of their prize-winning question—autographed by Alston. Next, each kid attending smiled for the camera and took a Polaroid photo with Alston, ”the man with the yellow hat” and Curious George. After the photo shoot, kids had the opportunity to get creative and made their own Curious George masks. Before departing, Alston gave every child attending a copy of Curious George Goes to School so they could spend more time reading at home.

    “Read to Achieve” is a league-wide, year-round initiative designed to help young people develop a life-long love for reading and encourage adults to read and talk with children regularly. Reaching an estimated 50 million children a year, “Read to Achieve” is the most extensive educational outreach initiative in the history of professional sports.

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    devin, Dec 2, 2005
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    he doesn't realy look like a bad person at all... like during the training camp.. he had a great time and didn't show anything "stupid"
     
    tr@cy&ya0, Dec 3, 2005
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    What a relief..he could read children's books. So he isn't that 'DUMB'
     
    drm2dnk, Dec 3, 2005
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    I guess he is atleast doing something good for the community but i still like Mike James better because i think he could be the next Tim Hardway
     
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    doesn't like every nba player do the read to achieve thing?? even kobe
     
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