15th Avenue Elementary School

On June 29, two days after the visit to San Vicente, Bing arranged for a personal visit to 15th Avenue Elementary School, with a promise to bring two crates worth of storybooks and reference books, including a new Disney Children’s Encyclopedia set.

As with San Vicente, Bing was surprised to know that the whole school had been asked to turn out at the covered court for a formal turnover ceremony. This included an impressive demonstration of a dozen Grade 2 pupils who demonstrated their synchronized group reading skills. Principal Jay Ureta also showed off his “hanging libraries” – baskets containing storybooks tied to trees – located at strategic points throughout the school. The books donations would be apportioned out to the school’s various hanging libraries.