SPARK 2013
Let's Hear it for the Dilworth Dragons!

 

The SPARK Summer reading campaign concluded on Friday, October 11th with a jam-packed, fun-filled SPARK Day assembly deejayed by DES parent, Nathan Lanning.

 

Every Dilworth student and staff member received a SPARK t-shirt.  All participants received a package of goodies from Carolina Pad and many lucky raffle winners received prizes including Panthers tickets, a brand new bicycle, Bobcats tickets, Omega gift cards, class parties, homework passes, a brand new Kindle Fire and many others.

 

We want to share some amazing statistics with you:

  • Our Dilworth dragons read over 32,000 hours and we had 68% of students participating. That's 415 students!  
  • Of those students that participated, over 36% read or practiced math at least 100 hours, with some reaching 200 or even 300hours!
  • One class, Ms. Zullo's 3rd grade had 100% participation, with every single child in her class reading over the summer.
  • Our Dragons raised over $65,000 for our beloved school.  These funds allow us to pay for field trips, staff appreciation, teacher discretionary funds for classroom necessities and much more. 

We would like to thank Carolina Pad for the goodies that all SPARK participants received. Thank you to Dilworth Neighborhood Grille for sponsoring our tally sheets and the hourly incentives. We appreciate our t-shirt sponsors: The Nichols Company, Kumon of Myers Park, Dilworth Drug, Towne & Reese, Appel Plastic Surgery, Lawn & Mullinix Mortgage, Gerrard Builders, Charlotte Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists, and Mustafa Shah-Khan, DDS.

 

Finally, thank you to our prize sponsors: Molli Burris and family for Panthers tickets, Tina Parker for Bobcats tickets, Smoothie King, Menchies, Subway, Candy Girl Confections, Which Wich, Omega Sports, Wells Fargo for Charlotte Checkers tickets, Toys & Company, Park Lanes, James Adams and UNCC for UNCC Basketball tickets, Park Road Books, BikeSource, and John Lowe/Activate Promotions + Marketing for a digital camera.

 

Lastly, we want to thank all the families and friends, and especially the students of Dilworth Elementary for doing a great job reading and doing math this summer and supporting SPARK!

We honored 131 students in the 100-hour club, 14 students in the 200-hour club and 5 students in the 300-hour club.

  
100 Hour Club
 
  

Mason

Cox

K

Henrik

Ek

K

Evan

Howard

K

Kayla

Ingram

K

Jonathan

Kefle

K

Sarah

Korczynski

K

Grace

Krause

K

Femi

Ogunwale

K

Elizabeth

Tebbit

K

Menke

Allen

1

Hana

Amirdash

1

Hunter

Bachrodt

1

Jack

Bolt

1

Shade

Burgess

1

Carson

Ek

1

Drew

Heffner

1

Melanie

Johnson

1

Avery

Jones

1

Inaya

Kasuganti

1

Jack

Krause

1

Nandini

Mehta

1

Catherine

Pierce

1

Cristian

Rivas

1

Jack

Schumann

1

Nicholas

Shaffer

1

Sydney

Shaller

1

Alessandra

Therivel

1

Gabriella

Therivel

1

Scheper

Thiel

1

Samantha

Vanderhave

1

Nate

Wagner

1

Toby

Waller

1

Nelson

Waple

1

Jake

Warmoth

1

Wren

Whitby

1

Reid

Wilson

1

Emma

Adams

2

Bo

Aluise

2

Corey

Braswell

2

Henry

Brittain

2

Maci

Cadieu

2

CeCe

Craver

2

Dylan

Durkin

2

Emery

Ellis

2

Evelyn

Fenstermacher

2

Angus

Foster

2

Angelina

Garcia

2

Ava

Gerrard

2

Hudson

Hall

2

Laura

Howard

2

Alexa

Jain

2

Geneva

Jones

2

Tre

Kirton

2

Lachlan

Lanik

2

Nathan

Lanning

2

Walker

Lore

2

Nick

McDuffie

2

Brooks

Modesitt

2

Leila

Moudarrir

2

Kendall

Nader

2

Sloan

Nichols

2

Julia

Parrish

2

Daniel

Range

2

Anna Elise

Sizemore

2

Robert

Stanfield

2

Connor

Tobin

2

Emma

Waple

2

Talia

Whitby

2

George

Baughan

3

Christopher

Beaman

3

Jasmin

Briggs

3

Lilli

Burgin

3

Ethan

Cox

3

Parrish

Dixon

3

Cecelia

Drendel

3

Jack

Echols

3

Anna

Ellison

3

Cam

Fagan

3

Bella

Fishman

3

Emma

Fix

3

Abby

Garafola

3

Jack

Herring

3

Abigail

Kritzer

3

Mary Henley

Lowe

3

Charlie

McLaurin

3

Myles

Parker

3

Maggie

Ryan

3

Alexander

Shaffer

3

Smith

Tebbit

3

Isabella

Watkins

3

Carson

Whitlock

3

Madison

Winn

3

Cashel

Allison

4

Charlie

Aluise

4

Thomas

Bolt

4

Ford

Bryson

4

Luke

Cadieu

4

Jake

Cadieu

4

Domanique

Ellis

4

Jake

Fry

4

Alex

Heffner

4

Anna Grace

Johnson

4

Stewart

Jones

4

Dimitri

Kelly

4

Drew

Klepser

4

Reid

Laughton

4

Isaac

Lawn

4

Sydney

Locke

4

Gillian

Morano

4

Amelia

Patterson

4

Charlie

Pierce

4

Imani

Thomas

4

Jakob

Vanderhave

4

Ben

Wagner

4

Lucy

Wiley

4

Owen

Williams

4

Cooper

Williamson

4

Larsen

Aasar

5

Claire

Allison

5

Isabelle

Drischler

5

Reed

Fonville

5

Maclaren

Foster

5

Grace

Myers

5

Payton

Rahrig

5

Laurel

Richardson

5

Lukas

Sizemore

5

Clara

Smith

5

Felicia

Snowden

5

Eagan

Talbot

5

Trilla

Teague

5

Emma

Yorker

5

  
200 Hour Club
 
  

Rainer

Coggins

1

India

Karunakar

2

Devi

Karunakar

2

Aidan

Finnell

3

Brendon

Mason

3

Duncan

Mays

4

Marieke

Wagler

4

Sam

Waller

4

Addison

Galek

5

Drake

Hair

5

Isabel

Kakacek

5

Zoe

Karunakar

5

Charlie

Modesitt

5

Camden

Whitlock

5

300 Hour Club
  

Grayson

Chesson

3

Fisher

Winn

4

Aya

Amirdash

5

Kylie

Burgess

5

Lucy

Caldwell

5