Just because it's summertime doesn't mean a student's love for learning stops.

Westminster neighborhood volunteers, staff members and the Witt Elementary librarian, Dodi Sale, opened the school library during the summer to help students continue their literacy skills learned this past school year.

For seven weeks, students from Witt, neighboring Lukas Elementary and a local summer daycare program have had storytelling, writing and Web activities that revolved around a different book theme every week.

Parents, babysitters and older siblings joined younger students who come for the reading fun too.

The last summer reading day was this Tuesday. To close off the reading routine, studentsread "I wanna Iguana," by author Karen Kaufman Orloff.

The local Petco brought in a lizard for show and tell.

Community businesses rallied around the reading effort by making donations to inspire kids to reach their reading goals.

Barnes and Noble gave certificates for a free book to every child who read six books over the summer and the Brunswick Zone at Westminster Mall donated free family bowling certificates.

"We used this opportunity to invite new parents who just registered their children. It made them feel welcomed and gave them a chance to meet staff members before school started," said Witt principal Christy Mayer.

Witt Elementary is located in the Standley Lake area where their student population has a 31 percent free and reduced lunch rate.