The school district and the Bedford Teachers' Association, in conjunction with the high school English Department, would like to invite you to participate in our Fox Read. You can participate by reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. There will be opportunities to join community members in discussions led by BCSD faculty on themes, issues, and ideas inspired by the novel.  The discussions will be held at our libraries in the fall and there will be a final event at the Bedford Playhouse on November 14th.

OCTOBER 3rd
Literary Discussion with English teacher Francis Hughes and History teacher Erin Filner from 5:45-6:45PM

Learning from Diverse Perspectives: Author Ruta Sepetys writes, "...through reading we can be united in story, study, and remembrance. Books join us as a global reading community, but more importantly, a global human community striving to learn from the past." In Curious Incident, we are challenged to see the world from a different perspective than most of us experience. But what other stories of experience do the characters offer us? How can we use our understanding of all of the characters to better understand each other and better unite us as a community?​OCTOBER 17th

The Novel as Drama: Scenes acted out by FLHS Players with Theater teacher Thomas Slotwinski from 5:45-6:45pmFollowing a performance of select scenes from the play by Fox Lane High School theater students, we will discuss the process of adapting novels for the stage, how actors translate fully developed characters from the page to performance, and the current movement towards inclusion for all voices in theaters across the country.NOVEMBER 7th

Creative Writing Workshop using the Novel with English teachers Anita Rivera & David Albano from 5:45-6:45PM

Writing from Another’s Perspective: This meeting will be part discussion and part writing workshop. Participants will talk about how successful the author, Mark Haddon, is in creating Christopher, his narrator, and what makes a narrator believable yet not stereotypical. Participants will then have a chance to write fictional short pieces from various perspectives.For more information about the discussions and the final event and to sign up, please click here.Location of events - upstairs in the large meeting room