•October 2, 2019•

Rikki Ray

Rikki Ray Selected Sullivan High School Alumni Who’s Who
By Ellen Ferrera
for the News Progress

Rikki Ray, a 1990 Sullivan High School graduate, has had a lifelong affair with books so she was destined to found the One Book, One Sullivan (OBOS) program to help promote literacy and a sense of community.
Ray was selected by the SHS Alumni Association for the Who’s Who Award presented at the annual banquet Oct. 5 at Building 1225 in Sullivan.
She received her BA in Education as well as her MA from Eastern Illinois University and began her teaching career in Findlay in 1995. The following year she started teaching in Sullivan where she continues to inspire students to engage in the lively discussion of books.
She developed OBOS in 2007 when one of her students, Sarah DeLong, wondered why Sullivan didn’t have a program like the one she had seen in another school involving the entire community in reading.
Ray recalled, “It took a year of planning and to get funded from SCEF to start the program. We are most grateful for the Sullivan Rotary for sponsoring OBOS ever since our second year for the past 12 years.”     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.