Left, volunteer Les Fuchs and student Sair Banos, with Lake Forest Elementary School Principal Harvey Oaxaca. Fuchs and Banos were part of the Reading Buddies program, created by the Sandy Springs Education Force. Through the program, a volunteer reads with a student 30 minutes each week.
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These ‘buddies’ bond over a good book

Mary Helen Kelly Last spring, Les Fuchs dropped by Lake Forest Elementary School one day every week. The retired Delta Air Lines pilot would meet fourth grader Sair Banos, and the two of them would head to the school library to read during the student’s lunch period. Fuchs read aloud from “James and The Giant […]