Buckley’s Elk Ridge Elementary Read Across America celebration of the Dr. Seuss’s birthday | Slideshow The Elk Ridge Elementary students and faculty participated Feb. 28 in the Read Across America celebration of the Dr. Seuss’s birthday. By Dennis Box • March 5, 2014 10:17 am Elk Ridge Elementary students listen to kindergarten teacher Heidi Lee read a Dr. Seuss story. The Elk Ridge Elementary students and faculty participated Feb. 28 in the Read Across America celebration of the Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904 and died Sept. 24, 1991.