School has been underway for a few weeks now, so it may seem strange to still be talking about summer reading. However since we made some changes to our program this year, the 皇冠大全买球 just finished distributing prizes and calculating all the statistics that go along with the fun.
This year our summer reading program ran from May 26-August 31. We decided to move away from levels based on a certain amount of time read and instead decided to award prizes each month just for reading every day. The goal was to read 20 minutes per day and all age groups (Children, 青少年, and 成年人) had that same goal. This amount of time was chosen to correspond with the message promoted by WeRead, our community’s literacy initiative.
青少年 who read daily were rewarded with a free book at the end of each month, meaning those who participated all summer could receive 3 books by the end of August! We also gave away bonus prizes for reading more than the minimum. Those prizes included gift cards to McDonalds and extra entries in the grand prize drawing.
This year the 皇冠大全买球 decided to award four grand prizes, rather than just one.
The teen (7th-12th grade) winners of $50 gift cards to Eastridge Mall are:
贝利T. (12th grade); Taliah B. (9th grade); Casey H. (9th grade); and Cameron A. (八年级)!
Congratulations to our winners and also to everyone who participated in this year’s program. It may sound cliché, but reading really is its own reward.
For those who are interested, here are a few other numbers from our 2015 Teen 暑期阅读 Program.
- 504 books awarded to 青少年 as prizes.
- 923 entries in the teen grand prize drawing.
- 235 青少年 received prizes and 101 青少年 received prizes for all three months of reading (74 of those also received bonus prizes for each month).
The 皇冠大全买球 does more during 暑期阅读 than just facilitate the reading program. We also provide free programs each week for all ages. Our teen program is for 7th – 12th graders who are looking for a fun or creative way to spend their time and meet new friends. This summer the Teen Zone hosted 29 programs that were attended by 495 青少年! Those programs included book clubs, weekly craft/maker programs, 电影, and two fandom events (Nerdfighter Night and Harry Potter’s Birthday Celebration).
Pictures taken at our teen events can be viewed on the Teen Zone’s facebook页面 还有… flickr.
We have lots of fun coming this school year for 青少年 and are already in the process of brainstorming what will happen next summer. Until then… keep reading!
