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Summer Reading Contest
May 1 through August 31st
Nickajack is participating in a fun summer reading project: the Scholastic Summer Challenge, featuring the for Read for the World Record.
The current world record stands at 64,213,141 minutes!
Studies show that kids who read over the summer maintain the reading skills developed during the school year. This summer-long reading campaign is designed to motivate all children to read more so they maintain and improve their academic skills.
The world record attempt begins May 1 and concludes August 31, 2012. The total logged reading minutes, along with the top 20 schools, will be published in the 2013 edition of the Scholastic Book of World Records.
Here are a few simple ways to help your child become a record-breaking reader:
- Set a goal together and encourage reading throughout the summer, with library visits, story time at home, and conversations about books. Let your child see you reading.
- Encourage your child to participate and track reading minutes either with a paper log or online at www.scholastic.com/summer. It's a kid-friendly, safe online community where students can be part of a record-setting global team, log reading minutes, and enjoy activities geared for all ages.
- Track our school's progress through the Summer Challenge interactive map.
- Download summer reading booklists chosen specifically for your child's age at www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/scholastic-summer-challenge.
For our Nickajack students, we will have prizes! Rising 1st through 5th graders are eligible. Read between May 1 and August 31, and log your reading minutes on the Scholastic web site or reading log sheet to be turned in at the start of the fall school year.
The student with the most reading minutes from each grade will win a $10 gift certificate towards the fall Nickajack Bookfair. Winners announced in September.
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