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Steven Elementary's
Read-A-Thon
October 21 - November 7
The annual Read-A-Thon is the PTCO's largest fundraising event of the year. Our goal is to promote literacy and a love for reading while also raising funds for Stevens Elementary. The PTCO will use 100% of all donations to fund a range of school educational objectives. Last year, our students read over 20,000 minutes and raised over $16,000!
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How does it work?
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Students read books and log the minutes they read
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Students collect flat donations or donations based on minutes read for their class
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Prizes are awarded based on participation, minutes read, and money raised
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There are fun theme days and events throughout the Read-A-Thon
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Don't have a student but want to support us? Donate directly by clicking the button below!
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Read-A-Thon Details
Process
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Scholars will bring home a reading tracker packet starting October 7th just to get them started on reading
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Scholars will log their minutes every day in the reading tracker
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Starting October 21st, the homeroom teacher will start collecting minutes logged in the tracker
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To raise money, navigate here. Find your homeroom teachers link at the bottom of the page.
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Share your homeroom teacher's page with your friends and family and encourage them to donate. Either a flat fee or for every minute read by the class.
Donations
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Students can collect flat donation amounts or donations based on minutes read.
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Donations can be made by credit/debit card or Paypal and are tax-deductible.
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Fun activities will be held throughout the event to encourage students to participate.
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The PTCO will manage all online platform activity.
Prizes
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Popsicle party for all classes who reach their target of $750!
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10 - Kindle Fire tablets 2 per grade for the highest minutes read within the grade. A big thank you to Abby Jones from Steel Door Real Estate for donating the tablets to deserving children!
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Spa Gift cards from Tulum Wellness & Spa for the top 6 teachers recording the highest number of reading minutes
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Surprise gifts for teachers and scholars to go the extra mile!
Events
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​Trunk or Treat @ the Boo Bash - All funds collected during this event will go towards the Read a thon goal
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Theme Days
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Monday, October 21 - Books Knock Our Socks Off (Wear Crazy Socks)
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Tuesday, October 22 - Reading Gives Us Superpowers (Wear Your Favorite Superhero T-shirt)
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Wednesday, October 23 - Reading helps us think BIG ( Wear what you want to be when you grow up)
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Friday, October 25th - Reading makes our hair stand up! ( Crazy Hair day)
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Thursday, October 31st - Favorite book character parade
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Logging Reading
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Students will log minutes on a worksheet sent from school
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Students will tell the their homeroom teacher what they read and something new that they learned
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Teacher will log minutes read for the class every day
What Counts?
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Practicing letters, sight words, and vocabulary words
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Reading before and after school
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Being read to by other people
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Reading aloud to a pet or toy
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Reading aloud to other people
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It counts for both students if you read to someone participating in the Read-A-Thon!
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Looking up words in a dictionary
What Does Not Count?
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Reading before the official start of Read-A-Thon
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Reading that occurs as a part of class
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