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Aiden Polston with students who listened to him read aloud his book he wrote during a special district-wide reading challenge
Saugerties high School Student and Author, Aidan Polston Returns for a Literary Homecoming Adventure!

Polston, a Grade 10 student at Saugerties High School and a proud Grant D. Morse Elementary School graduate, came back to share the magic of his first novel written through the Written Out Loud program.

The Morse Student Council organized an after-school event where Polston read aloud the prologue of his novel and shared insights into his writing journey. Grant D. Morse students were absolutely buzzing with excitement, soaking in inspiration from this talented former Mustang! 

A huge shoutout to Polston for taking the time to reconnect with his elementary school community and for helping to ignite the love of reading and writing in our young minds.

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