Whatever the age, the works of Dr. Seuss often leave a lasting impression on those that have read his numerous children’s books. Things are no different here on campus as people recognize what would have been Theodor Seuss Geisel’s 110th Birthday on March 2.

“What I remember about Dr. Seuss is that I had a book called Hop on Pop and it was one of the first books I learned to read because of the rhyming words and the alliteration,” Algebra 2 teacher Deneen Christian said. “I saved that book and when my daughter was three I started reading it to her and when she was four she could read it to me.”

Christian is one of many teachers who learned to read from the playful stories and rhymes of Dr. Seuss books.

“My childhood memory of Dr. Seuss is that after we read Green Eggs and Ham we actually made green eggs and ham and I told my teacher that I wouldn’t eat green eggs, but just like he said in the book I loved it,” Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Amanda Gulley said. “I also have a memory when my son was in kindergarten where they dressed up as Dr. Seuss characters and he had the big hat and everything.”

While some teachers may not have such memories, the books of Dr. Seuss still have a place, even when it comes to teenagers.

“I read his books as a child,” theatre tech teacher John Davenport said. “I’ll give ‘Oh The Places You’ll Go’ to students who graduate – that’s a good book to give.”

As Dr. Seuss is one of the most famous children’s books writers in American history, his stories continue to live through parents who choose to read his books to their children.

“When I was a kid, reading was really difficult for me and I didn’t read a lot, because I’m dyslexic and I struggled with reading my whole young adult life and I wasn’t a fluent reader until I was in my thirties,” principal Gavan Goodrich. “But one thing that has helped me become a fluent reader was that when I had kids was that I would read to them, out loud, every night and my favorite Dr. Seuss books are The Lorax and Green Eggs and Ham and I would read those books to them every night and I would recommend to anyone who would want to become a better reader to read out loud to young children.”