Read-a-Thon Results
We are thrilled to share the results of the 2025 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.
This year we had approx. 170 entries with a total of 171,997 minutes read!
- Dassios Cup Winner is Mme. Bettas’s class with a total of 36,427 minutes!
- The class with the most participants was Mme Bettas, with Mme Gagnon-Roy’s and Mme Brand’s students close behind!
- And the grade with the highest number of participants was the Grade 3s with 37 entries!
Top Readers by Grade: 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 – Della (Adelaide) P (Room 9 Gagnon-Roy)
- SK – Benjamin S (Room 7 Panova)
- Grade 1 – Finley M (Room 3 Brand)
- Grade 2 – Imogene PW (Room 2 Therrien)
- Grade 3 – Henry A (Room P1 Bouabane)
- Grade 4 – Wilson AH (Room 21 Kneller)
- Grade 5 – Emma D (Room 12 Lipsett)
- Grade 6 – Theo RB (Room 16 Bettas)
Our top reader in the whole school was Henry Anderson in Grade 3 Mme Bouabane’s class!
Draw Winners by Class: 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 one of the five local businesses mentioned above. In addition, for every 50 minutes above their goal, they received another entry into the draw.
- P1 (Bouabane) – Cameron
- Room 2 (Therrien) – Norah S
- Room 3 (Brand) – August LF
- Room 5 (Kudsia) – Madeline DS
- Room 6 (Dubelaar) – Sophie P
- Room 7 (Panova) – Chelsea N
- Room 8 (D’Amico) – Harper S
- Room 9 (Gagnon-Roy) – Ava H
- Room 10 (Mackay) – Josie E
- Room 11 (Quance) – Maggie G
- Room 12 (Lipsett) – Maggie W
- Room 14 (McDonald) – Helena GS
- Room 15 (Annis) – Eloise B
- Room 16 (Bettas) – Finnley S
- Room 19 (Cavanagh) – Olivia U
- Room 20 (Butler) – James P
- Room 21 (Kneller) – Barrett A
- Room 22 (De Jong) – Quinn
- Room 23 (Noakes) – Joey V
- Room 24 (Wald) – Darya P
A few favourite books/series from our students:
- JK/SK – Berenstein Bears; anything by Robert Munsch; The Angry Cookie; The Princess in Black; Yertle the Turtle
- Gr 1-3 – Babysitter’s Club; Dog Man; Harry Potter; Owl Diaries; Dragon Girls; anything by Geronimo Stilton; Unicorn Diaries
- Gr 4-6 – Percy Jackson; Lord of the Rings; Nancy Drew; Keeper of the Lost Cities; Wild Robot; The Hunger Games
A few comments on Read-a-thon that were shared:
- “It went really well. Whenever he had a chance, he would pick up a book to read”
- “I had so much fun reading my books before bedtime every day until I got tired”
- “Great, read a thon is an excellent motivator! Thanks!”
- “My kids were really excited to read every night”
- “Our family always LOVES the read-a-thon! It gives us all a chance to boost our reading focus. Thank you!!”
- “It went well. He woke up early to read every day and also read to his little brother”
- “Although he normally reads a lot, I loved seeing him prioritize his reading over electronics”
Congratulations, Bears!
