The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, May 14, 1995                   TAG: 9505120259
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON    PAGE: 20   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

ILLUSTRATION: Staff photos by D. KEVIN ELLIOTT

John Richardson, 9, a third-grader, takes aim at the bull's-eye on

the dunking machine. His Rosemont Forest classmates enjoyed some of

the sharpshooting when principal Ron Sykes got dunked.

Student readers at Rosemont Forest Elementary School have reached

their goal of 3,000 points. In honor of this, the school principal,

librarian, art teacher and physical-education teachers recently got

dunked. Taking the cool plunge here is art teacher Loretta Banner.

by CNB