Basketball players score points as listeners

Photos/Suzanne Loudamy Makenzie Hidalgo reads to varsity Wildcat basketball player Alicia Cordova. Sports teams at Whitehouse High School take turns reading with students at Holloway Middle School.

WHS basketball players continue the tradition of volunteering their time at Holloway Middle School, listening as students read to them.

According to project coordinator Margaret Stewart, the volunteers serve as a motivator by forming a special bond to show that they really care about the reader. They help students by listening carefully and asking questions about what they read.

"This is good for the girls," Coach Willie Hill said. "They need to see that they are role models in many ways to these kids."

Different sports teams take turns through the year reading with the students. During volleyball season the basketball team comes. During basketball season the volleyball team comes.