All of the kindergarten students at Parkside Elementary School in Monroe received the gift of reading Oct. 4. 

Sponsors have allowed each kindergartner to be gifted a new book each month of the school year. All kindergarten students will have nine new books in their libraries. 

Pictured is the kindergarten classes of Megan Cessna, Laura Jacobson and Kelli Brunton. Front row, from left, Gabi Harms, Samara Bolivar, Everhet Keehn and Brooks Gilman-Haug. Second row, from left: Grayson Adrian, Stella Doyle, Rigley Hicks and Adyian Flannery. Third row, from left: Rylee Gerber, Destany Colin, Kenedee LeStarge, Eli Schirmer, Corey Winston and Carla Mannino-Joynt. Fourth row, from left: Brayden Eberle, Santiago Mejia, Brynleigh Wellman, Alejandra Marquez, Miranda Pina Gonzalez, Adyian Flannery and Lili Meligan. Fifth row, from left: Cristal Sanchez Barrios, Everett Lenthe, Daniel Lawrence, Rafael Colorado Rodriguez, Destiny Casango-Makinen, Fatima Gomez, Kaylee Sanzenbacher and Karson Coulthard. Sixth row, from left: Itzela Phillips, Talia Ramirez, Clara Lucas and Zoe Herrera Sanchez. Seventh row, standing from left: Emerson Cessna, Connor Baumgartner, Izabella Vazquez, Leila Sanders, Avarie Allen, Yadira Phillips, Ellieanna Paige, Julia Keehn, Presley Hyland and Mia Notter. Back row, from left: Austin Tracy, Lexis Rau, Noah Edwards, Jeremy Luz, Peter Saugstad, Adelyn Davis and Jude Luebke.