Farragut Primary School Reading Across America Day

  • From left, FPS kindergarten teacher Melissa Bumgardner, Nancy Barger of WIVK’s Joey and Nancy Morning Show, the WIVK Frog and Joey Tack, also of WIVK’s Joey and Nancy Morning Show, are pictured with Bumgardner’s class.

  • From left, FPS kindergarten teacher Mandy Kincaid, Nancy Barger of WIVK’s Joey and Nancy Morning Show, the WIVK Frog and Joey Tack, also of WIVK’s Joey and Nancy Morning Show, are pictured with Kincaid’s class.

  • Kindergartner Lucy Jones, age 6, dressed as “Buddy the Elf.”

  • Second-grader Reagan Daigle, age 8, dressed as “The Cheshire Cat.”

  • First-grader Emerson Kavjian, 7, dressed as Fern from “Charlotte’s Web.”

  • Kindergartner Werner Vondersaar, 5, dressed as “The Grinch.”

  • From left, FPS kindergarten teacher Hannah Scott, Nancy Barger of WIVK’s Joey and Nancy Morning Show, the WIVK Frog and Joey Tack, also of WIVK’s Joey and Nancy Morning Show, are pictured with Scott’s class.

  • FPS first-grader teachers Kim Lara, center, dressed as The Cat in the Hat; Katie Gagley, left, was Thing 1, and Danielle Sanchez was Thing 2.

  • From left, FPS kindergarten teacher Wendy Gilstrap, Nancy Barger of WIVK’s Joey and Nancy Morning Show, the WIVK Frog and Joey Tack, also of WIVK’s Joey and Nancy Morning Show, are pictured with Gilstrap’s class.

  • FPS kindergarten teachers dressed as “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.”

Farragut Primary School celebrated Reading Across America Day in a big way Thursday, March 2, with students being encouraged to dress as their favorite book characters. Joey Tack and Nancy Barger (Joey and Nancy) from the WIVK Morning Show, accompanied by the WIVK Frog mascot, read to students in the school library.

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