Hello Barrows Families!
We have been so
impressed with all of the reading that is taking place at home as part of this
year’s read-a-thon! If things keep going
like this, there is no way we won’t make it to our goal of 150,000 minutes read
collectively as a school! In fact, we
are pretty sure we are on track to blow last year’s record out of the
water!! With this in mind, we are asking
for donations of duct tape to help make our celebration assembly a shining
success. As we enter our final week:
·
Any rolls of duct tape your family
would be willing to donate would be greatly appreciated and can be sent to
school with your child. We will have a
box in the office to collect donations starting this Friday, March 25th.
·
Wednesday, March 30th will
be the last day we collect reading logs from students.
·
Donations can be sent in at any time,
but we are hoping to have them all collected by Monday, April 4th at
the latest.
·
Zinga! has been kind enough to offer
an extra reading incentive for our Shining Stars. Any student who reads at least 100 minutes
will be given a gift certificate for 4 free ounces of frozen yogurt from their
Reading location. A special thanks to
Zinga! for this sweet incentive!
·
If you feel your child should be
recognized in the 100 or 500 minutes read club and they have not seen their
name shared at school yet, please reach out to Sarah or Colleen (sarah.lanzo@reading.k12.ma.us or colleen.derosa@reading.k12.ma.us). Your child’s classroom
teacher does not have access to recorded minutes, but we do and are happy to
help!
·
A big thank you to our Book Fair
co-chairs who have donated over a dozen books to be raffled off to students at
our celebration assembly. During the
week leading up to our celebration on April 4th, students will be
given a raffle ticket for every reading log submitted (up to 4 possible tickets
total). Their teachers will arrange a
time for them to visit the lobby and enter their tickets to win the book of
their choice.
Please don’t hesitate to
reach out to either one of us with any read-a-thon questions you may have.
Happy Reading,
Mrs. DeRosa and Mrs. Lanzo
