Category: Read-a-Thon

Read-a-thon Week 1

We are through our first full week of Read-a-Thon! Go Bears Go! To keep your child motivated, and as a fun side project, consider printing a bookmark at home to...

Read-a-Thon is underway!

Read-a-Thon is officially underway! Here are some helpful tips to get you in the reading spirit! 1. Create a reading list – what books will your child read this month?...

Read-a-Thon is coming! 

The Adam Beck Read-a-Thon is a fun and rewarding program that helps students grow a love of reading by engaging them in a friendly reading competition throughout the month of...

A cartoon drawing of a purple book with white eyes, blue arms and legs, and red shoes crossing a yellow ribbon with the words "Finish line" on it in blue, all framed by a dark blue background and yellow and blue AB logos in each of the four corners.

Read-a-Thon Results

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...

A cartoon drawing of a purple book with white eyes, blue arms and legs, and red shoes crossing a yellow ribbon with the words "Finish line" on it in blue, all framed by a dark blue background and yellow and blue AB logos in each of the four corners.

Final day of Read-a-Thon

And time is up! Today is the final day of Read-a-Thon. Well done Bears! Please remember to submit your reading logs, via the Google form, as soon as possible, and no later than...

Three black silhouettes of children, one sitting and two standing, in front of shelves of books, each row of books in a different rainbow colour.

Read-a-thon 2024 is here!

We’re excited to announce this year’s Adam Beck Read-a-Thon is happening from February 1 to February 29. (Yes, one extra reading day!) The Read-a-Thon is a fun and rewarding program that...

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Read-a-Thon Results

We are thrilled to share the results of the 2023 Read-A-Thon! Every student who participated should be extremely proud of their personal achievement. Students who met or exceeded the recommended...

Four books piled on a light-coloured wood desk with a red apples on top of them, and with writing utensils next to them, against a white wall with the bottom corner of a painting blurred in the background

Read-a-Thon is Wrapping Up!

We are in the home stretch of our 2023 Read-a-Thon! Just one week left to read up and log those minutes before we finish on Tuesday, February 28. Please submit...

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Read-a-thon 2023 Is Underway! 

 As the students are racking up their reading minutes this month, we have something to keep them motivated: BOOKMARKS will soon be distributed in class! The bookmarks were generously donated...

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Read-a-Thon Announcement

We’re excited to announce this year’s Adam Beck Read-a-Thon is happening from February 1 to February 28! Everyone agrees that getting kids to read is crucial: literacy skills are the...