Kaitlyn Kinney, a student at the University of Maine at Farmington, reads to kindergarten students in Chlorissa Plaisted’s class at W.G. Mallett School in Farmington on Friday as part of the Maine Department of Education’s February challenge, Read to ME. The challenge is to read with a child for at least 15 minutes, capture a photo or video, post it on social media with the hash tags #ReadtoME or #ReadaloudME, and nominate others to do the same, according to the DOE website. The challenge runs through March 2. More than 60 UMF students, faculty and staff, including President Kathryn A. Foster, picked out a book and read to kindergarten, first- and second-graders, organizer Kathryn Will-Dubyak, elementary education professor of education, said. Student are, from left, Ryann Solomon, Jackson Hastings, Destiny Matco, Meadow Begin and Noah Bergeron.

Kaitlyn Kinney, a student at the University of Maine at Farmington, reads to kindergarten students in Chlorissa Plaisted’s class at W.G. Mallett School in Farmington on Friday as part of the Maine Department of Education’s February program, Read to ME. The challenge is to read with a child for at least 15 minutes, capture a photo or video, post it on social media with the hash tags #ReadtoME or #ReadaloudME, and nominate others to do the same, according to the DOE website. The challenge runs through March 2. More than 60 UMF students, faculty and staff,  including President Kathryn A. Foster, read to kindergarten, first- and second-graders as part of #UMFReadtoME, organizer Kathryn Will-Dubyak, elementary education professor of education, said. With Kinney are, from left, Ryann Solomon, Jackson Hastings, Destiny Matco, Meadow Begin and Noah Bergeron.

More than 60 students, faculty and staff from the University of Maine at Farmington, including President Kathryn A. Foster standing next to Chompers the beaver mascot, read to students in kindergarten, first and second grades at W.G. Mallett School in Farmington on Friday. They participated in #UMFReadtoME, organizer Kathryn Will-Dubyak, elementary education professor, said. The event was part of the statewide Maine Department of Education’s February challenge, Read to ME. This group picked out a book at the school library before heading to classrooms.

Nick Pinkham, right, a junior member of the rugby team at the University of Maine at Farmington, was one of over 60 volunteers, including students, faculty and staff to participate in #UMFReadtoME challenge Friday at W.G. Mallett School in Farmington. It was part of the Maine Department of Education’s February challenge, Read to ME. The challenge runs through March 2. Kindergarten students in Chlorissa Plaisted’s class listen to Pinkham read the book “Winnie.” Surrounding him are Olivia Fish, Arianna Palmer, Ben Hardy, Wes Simpson, Jacob Foster and Owen Clark.

Nick Pinkham, right, a junior member of the rugby team at the University of Maine at Farmington, was one of over 60 volunteers, including students, faculty and staff, to participate in #UMFReadtoME challenge Friday at W.G. Mallett School in Farmington. It was part of the Maine Department of Education’s February challenge, Read to ME. The challenge runs through March 2. Kindergarten students in Chlorissa Plaisted’s class listen to Pinkham read the book “Winnie.” Surrounding him are Olivia Fish, Arianna Palmer, Ben Hardy, Wes Simpson, Jacob Foster and Owen Clark.