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Read-a-Thon Results

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We are thrilled to share the results of the 2024 Read-A-Thon! Thank you to every student who participated and their teachers and caregivers who cheered them on. You should all be extremely proud of your personal achievement. All prizes will be awarded at the assembly – date to be announced!

This year we had approximately 180 entries with a total of 181,990 minutes read!

  • Dassios Cup Winner is Mme. Bettas’ class with a total of 29,794 minutes
  • The class with the most participants was Mme Bettas’ with Mme Kneller’s close behind
  • The grade with the highest number of participants was the Grade 2s with 29 entries.

Top Readers: The student who read the most minutes in each grade will receive a $20 gift card to a favourite local business: Charlie Pickles, Ella Minnow books, Fearless Meat, Star Nails or The Sweetest Things (if the student did not indicate their preferred gift card, they will be awarded an Ella Minnow gift card).

  • JK = Charlotte S (room 24)
  • SK = Jamie O (room 7)
  • Grade 1 = Sam P (room 3)
  • Grade 2 = Henry A (room 2)
  • Grade 3 = Djama AH (room P1)
  • Grade 4 = Marshall M (room15)
  • Grade 5 = Selena K (room P3)
  • Grade 6 = Amelia C (room 16)

Our top reader in the whole school was Marshall M in grade 4!

Draw Winners: Students who met or exceeded the recommended minutes goal for their grade had their name put into a draw to win a $20 gift card from a local business. In addition, for every 50 minutes above their goal, they received another entry into the draw. Winners will be announced at the assembly so stay tuned!

A few favourite books from our students:

  • The Babysitters Club Little Sister’s series
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  • Dogman
  • Harry Potter
  • Heartstopper
  • The Jolly Postman
  • Anne of Green Gables
  • InvestiGator

A few comments on Read-a-thon that were shared:

  • We loved participating in this!! It actually got us reading a lot more than usual.
  • I loved recording all of the minutes that I have read. I really enjoy and look forward to the Read-a-thon every year.
  • She was so excited for this! Logging the minutes on the paper created a nice visual for her. Thanks for organizing!!
  • It always spurs on some reading.
  • Great motivation for the kids to read 🙂
  • He is super motivated by the readathon, thank you for organizing it!

Congratulations, Bears!