Faculty, staff, and students ventured outside Sandy Hook Elementary School the morning of Monday, March 20, to learn what this year's One School One Read book would be.Charlotte's Web by E.B. White.The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary.

One School One Read is a yearly reading event for Sandy Hook School. For the 2002-03 school year, the first year One School One Read was held at Sandy Hook School, the entire school community read

For the Monday morning announcement, Sandy Hook School Language Arts Consultant Cynthia McArthur and other members of a One School One Read committee were wearing mouse ears. The ears were one of many clues shared at the school leading up to the announcement.

Ms McArthur said the One School One Read committee members were the "SHS Mousaketeers" for the event. The committee, she added, met a number of times over several months to select a literature book for this year's One School One Read. This school year marks both the 15th year of the program and Sandy Hook School participation, and the 15th book chosen for the entire school community to read.

Some students may have had an idea what the book would be from the mouse ears donned by committee members, and others may have guessed based on the song Assistant Principal Tim Napolitano played over the loudspeaker at the start of the outdoor assembly.

Mr Napolitano announced the school was very excited to reveal this year's One School One Read book.

"It's time to get your motors running," he said, before playing a portion of the song "Born to Be Wild." Some students danced in place while others looked around for more clues.

Then the rumble of a motorcycle could be heard. Sandy Hook School library staffer Mary Ann Jacob, dressed as a mouse, drove by as students clapped and cheered for the final One School One Read clue.

One School One Read Committee member Laura Feinstein and Ms McArthur worked together to unveil artwork created by former school parent Karen Grosso that revealed this year's One School One Read book as

The entire school community will spend time reading and celebrating the book until the conclusion of the One School One Read program on March 30, according to Mr Napolitano.