Final Results!
With our Read-a-thon theme, Reading is My Superpower!, we hope that the time students spent reading that helped explore new books and discover more about themselves and the world around them.
Our final tally of total minutes read was really impressive – 157,116 total minutes read by students, teachers, and staff in 30 days! We had 152 students, teachers, and staff participate by turning in reading logs at least once throughout the month and 85 students reached Mountain Lion Reader status (450 minutes for grades K-2, 600 minutes for grades 3-4, and 900 minutes for grades 5-6).
We also raised $3,383.58 for PTO activities such as trips to the Flynn Theater, classroom field trips, providing after school enrichment opportunities, the Four Winds Nature Program, contributing toward programs such as the Artists in Residence, helping provide materials for classrooms and much more!
Thanks to all the students for the many hours
they put into reading, to the parents for encouraging their students, for the
community for supporting through sponsor pledges, and for the teachers and
staff for their engagement and enthusiasm!
A special thanks to the Read-a-thon mascot PAWS and the committee
members Holly Esterline, Betsy Knox, Katie Kuzio, Stephanie Murray, Sarah
Rouiger, Casey Underwood, and Anna Lester.
A special thanks to parent volunteers Betsy Brown, John McNerney, Jen
Stanley, Liz Gustin, and Helen Norris for help with tallying and counting.
Reading is My Superpower surprise!
For all the students who earned Mountain Lion Reader status, they got to vote on teachers or staff members who volunteered to do something heroic at the Closing Ceremony. The 3rd place winner was Ms. Foley, the 2nd place winner was Ms. Pierpont, and the 1st place winner was Ms. Livingston! Ms. Foley and Ms. Pierpont became super villains and tried to duct tape Ms. Livingston to the wall with the help of their minions (the students with Mountain Lion Reader status). Luckily, Ms. Livingston was able to use her super-strength to break free of the duct tape! Scroll down through photos below for a picture of Ms. Livingston stuck to the wall.
Our top readers in each grade and top staff:
Our top classroom of readers who had 100% participation all 5 weeks - Ms. Livingston's 1st grade class!
Ms. Livingston uses her superpower (among the MANY superpowers that teachers already possess) to break free of the duct tape after being suspended on the wall.
Our final tally of total minutes read was really impressive – 157,116 total minutes read by students, teachers, and staff in 30 days! We had 152 students, teachers, and staff participate by turning in reading logs at least once throughout the month and 85 students reached Mountain Lion Reader status (450 minutes for grades K-2, 600 minutes for grades 3-4, and 900 minutes for grades 5-6).
We also raised $3,383.58 for PTO activities such as trips to the Flynn Theater, classroom field trips, providing after school enrichment opportunities, the Four Winds Nature Program, contributing toward programs such as the Artists in Residence, helping provide materials for classrooms and much more!
Events such as Steve Swinburne’s author visit,
“Who’s Your Hero” Dress-up Day, Mystery Reader Week, and Drop Everything And
Read were all fun and celebrated the reading students had been doing.
Top
readers – students who read the most
cumulative minutes over the 30 days
Kindergarten – Silas Cashman
Grade 1 – Aurora Schauerte
Grade 2 – Callie Rule
Grade 3 – Vivian King
Grade 4 – Matthew Broderick
Grade 5 – Elise Parker
Grade 6 – Siena Stanley
Teacher – Ms. Cota
Top
Classroom with highest percent
participation over 5 weeks by having 100% participation all 5 weeks and
earning an ice cream party is Ms. Livingston’s 1st grade class!
Raffle
Prizes – (All raffle prizes will be sent home with students on Friday).
Two
movie tickets to Marquis Movie Theater in Middlebury – Owen Jenkins
Two
passes to Petra Cliffs –Grant Winsor
A
Vermont Roots t-shirt – Hannah Perkins
A
reading mug – London Farr
A
reading book light – William Zaikowski
Cookie
Love t-shirt – Chase Wright
Gift
card for Cubbers pizza – Ivy Adriance
Gift
card for MGS pizza – Ryan Cross
Two passes to Montshire Museum – Mattison Tierney
Family Day Pass to Shelburne Museum – Silas Cashman
Reading is My Superpower surprise!
For all the students who earned Mountain Lion Reader status, they got to vote on teachers or staff members who volunteered to do something heroic at the Closing Ceremony. The 3rd place winner was Ms. Foley, the 2nd place winner was Ms. Pierpont, and the 1st place winner was Ms. Livingston! Ms. Foley and Ms. Pierpont became super villains and tried to duct tape Ms. Livingston to the wall with the help of their minions (the students with Mountain Lion Reader status). Luckily, Ms. Livingston was able to use her super-strength to break free of the duct tape! Scroll down through photos below for a picture of Ms. Livingston stuck to the wall.
Here is our wall of Mountain Lion Readers:
Our top readers and hallway graph:
Our top readers and hallway graph:
So many great books read during the last 30 days:
Ms. Esterline and Ms. Kuzio kick off our Closing Ceremony.
Celebrating our total minutes, pledges, participants, and Mountain Lion Readers!
Our top readers in each grade and top staff:
Our top classroom of readers who had 100% participation all 5 weeks - Ms. Livingston's 1st grade class!
Ms. Livingston uses her superpower (among the MANY superpowers that teachers already possess) to break free of the duct tape after being suspended on the wall.
