(SUBMITTED PHOTO) M.A. Rooney Foundation and Jeremiah Gray Kindergarten Academy instructors gather together, from left, front, JGKA instructional assistant Kori McNamara, English learner teachers Hayley Terrell and Rachel Colburn, teacher Lisa Geiger, principal Lora Hansell, back, foundation president Therese Rooney, foundation trainers Jaymey Peavler and Ann Duncan, teacher Linsay Pluntz, assistant principal Brian Witt, and teacher Fawn Harris.

(SUBMITTED PHOTO) Joining in a recent distribution of library cards to encourage fifth graders to read are Indianapolis Public Library CEO Jackie Nytes, Southport Library branch manager Fiona Duke and Perry Meridian cheerleaders Maddie Cannon and Marissa Smiley. They are with fifth-grade students John Apostolakis, IV, Abigail Banta, Tyler Bush, Grady Cagle, Jayda Caston, Sarah Clements, Damian Davis, Alyssa Dobson, Rachel Hlei Rem, Richard Hlei Rem, Nevaeh Hoagland, Melijah Kelley, David Khar, Rosung Khun, Lydia Kale, Mark McGuire, Daniel Nawlring, Lal Par, Ashley Robertson, Frida Santillan-De Santiago, Dawtchin Sung, Jose Tello-Xique, Connor Totton-Coakley, Cesar Ventura Mendoza and Lamai Winfield.