Well-read students make ice cream sundaes out of teachers

    Students at Chesterbrook Academy Elementary dumped ice cream, jimmies and sauces of all flavors on their teachers last week, and capped the whole thing off with cherries. No one got in trouble.

    The teachers-turned-sundaes were rewarding their pre-K through fourth graders for reading more than 5,000 books last month.

    For National Reading month, students were challenged to read 1,000 books. For every 500 additional books, another teacher was added to the sundae lineup, the Daily Local reports.

    A school book fair and a trip to Barnes & Noble helped the students expand their libraries, and nine teachers ended up covered in whipped cream, pineapple chunks and more in the sixth annual event.

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    The video shows some very satisfied-looking students getting lifts from faculty to help drizzle chocolate sauce atop their teachers’ heads.

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