Third grader Avacyn Clark is in select company

Avacyn Clark was chosen as a literacy ambassador and is pictured with her parents. She is the daughter of Audrianna and Nathan Dinsmore.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- The Tenn Under 10, powered by PNC, Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) selects 10 Tennessee third graders to serve as GELF’s literacy ambassadors each year and receive a post-secondary education scholarship, based on their ability to overcome obstacles along their literacy journey.

For the second year in a row, Valley View Elementary School has had a student chosen as a literacy ambassador. This year Avacyn Clark was chosen as a literacy ambassador. She is the daughter of Audrianna and Nathan Dinsmore.

Valley View Elementary School Assistant Principal April Paul and Literacy Ambassador Avacyn Clark.

Valley View Elementary School student Madelion Tsukas was named as a 2024 Tenn Under 10 Literacy Ambassador for the Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation (GELF).  

Avacyn Clark with her mom and dad, Audrianna and Nathan Dinsmore.

Students who are selected receive a post-secondary education scholarship. Selection is based on the child’s ability to overcome obstacles along their literacy journey from learning to read to reading to learn. The students who are chosen must have four values, tenaciously driven, eager to read, noticeably growing and a nonstop learner. Clark embodies all of these values. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-04/07/2025-6AM)

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