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On Friday, January 16, Meadow Glen Elementary School in Lexington celebrated the 100th Day of School with a One Book, One School event. At the school-wide celebration, community members and partners, including representatives from First Community Bank, joined classrooms as guest readers to share the joy of reading with students.

During the school celebration, students celebrated and explored the featured book with classmates and visiting community members. First Community Bank team members — Hunter Cole, Marketing Specialist; Kena Dill, Community Development Officer; Sarah Donley, Chief Operations Officer/Chief Risk Officer; Shawn Jordan, Chief Financial Officer; Elizabeth Middleton, Commercial Banker; Jeff Sherman, Credit Risk Review Manager; and TK Woods, Business Services Consultant — joined in the fun reading to classes and leading discussions about the book. Students were especially excited to meet readers from across the community, including educators, business leaders, library staff, parents, and special guests.

The book selected for 2026 was "The Most Magnificent Team" by Ashley Spires. The book exemplifies key skills such as collaboration, communication, creative thinking and problem solving. “It was such a treat to be there and see the joy of the children firsthand,” said Elizabeth Middleton. “Being able to discuss what was happening in the story with them and hearing their thoughts was even more meaningful. Our classrooms are full of great minds.”

While reading to classes and meeting new people is always fun, the real gift is children being able to take a personal copy of the book home for their personal library. The activity is a celebration, and one where joy reinforces reading in students, increases parental involvement, bridges the home-school connection, and grows the community of readers.

“I have always enjoyed reading and that love for me started in my childhood,” said Kena Dill. “When children can see groups of people modeling positive behaviors like reading, civility and having thoughtful dialogue it’s a wonderful investment in everyone’s future.”