MCPS Kindergarten Celebrates Clifford’s 50th Birthday!

MCPS Kindergarten Celebrates Clifford's 50th Birthday! 1


Mrs. Redden’s Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School Kindergarten class has finished a study of Norman Bridwell, the author and illustrator of the Clifford books.  The Clifford Books were first published in 1963, which makes Clifford 50 years old.  The class had a birthday party for Clifford on Thursday, February 14.  A stuffed Clifford dog has visited each student in the class.  Each student took home Clifford and wrote a real or make-believe story of Clifford‘s adventures, which he/she read to the class the next day. Mrs. Redden’s Kindergarten students are: George Allison, Sydney Bass, Cooper Beesley, Ben Chitlik, Ryan Coker, Harper Howell, Amedeus Kayisavera, Avery Langan, Cameron Livingston, Lucas Macchia, Anya Montelara, Harrison Rogers, Maddie Sanderson, Maggie Sasser, Jackson Wright.

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