The Millcreek PTA is hosting our second annual Read-A-Thon fundraiser. While this year’s event is not a fundraiser, we still want to encourage reading & challenge our students to read over 120,000 minutes during two weeks from Friday, March 3rd to Thursday, March 16th!
4 Things You Need to Know
- Encourage your student to read!
- This is the most important thing for you to do!
- Every student will receive 3 free books at the beginning of the IditaRead!
- Log At-Home Reading Minutes
- Whether you read a book to your child or they read on their own, log those minutes online!
- The link to log at-home reading minutes will be shared on Class Dojo.
- We are challenging each student to read:
- Preschool – 2nd Grade Students: At least 400 minutes
- 3rd – 5th Grade Students: At least 600 minutes
- Minutes read at school will be logged by the teacher.
- Fun School Events
- Fri Mar 2nd: Opening Ceremonies – Opening parade and outdoor assembly with sled dogs!
- Mon Mar 6th: Scales & Tails Assemblies – Students get to see and learn about interesting animals!
- Fri Mar 10th: Stuffed Animal Reading Party – Students bring a stuffed animal & get extra reading time!
- Amazing Prizes
- Every class that meets their reading goal gets extra recess!
- Top classes get free Chick-fil-A lunch at school!
- Every student that reads 1,049 minutes (the length of the Iditarod race) gets a special certificate and party with Principal Clayton!
- Deadline to Log Reading Minutes: 5pm on Thursday March 16th!