CHCS Read Over 1 Million Minutes, But The Reading Continues!

CHCS Winter Reading Program Wraps Up: Cluster Students Blast Past One Million Minutes Of Reading!

CHCS celebrated the conclusion of the Winter Reading Program and Dr. Seuss’s birthday with assemblies, prizes, costumes and even a visit from the Cat In The Hat. Our readers blasted past their 1,000,000-minute goal, logging that many minutes at Watkins alone!  Stuart-Hobson students get a few more weeks of fun, with the reading program extended at that campus until Friday, March 23, the day of the premiere of  The Hunger Games. SH students still have two weeks to read to Neptune and get their movie ticket and chance to win an iPod Touch.

Ms. Clemens encourages all CHCS students to keep up the great reading! Don’t hesitate to contact your campus librarian for ideas on new books to try that fit your child’s skills and interests to keep them excited about reading.

Program Launch Announcement:

Capitol Hill Cluster School has launched a 3-campus winter reading incentive program, “Reading Takes You Out of this World!”  The program will span the next three months that lead up to Dr. Seussʼ birthday on March 2, 2012.  The goal: Cluster students will read — outside of classroom reading — a combined total of 1 million minutes over the 3 winter months!

All student “astronauts” will start at the sun and read across the universe from planet to planet until they reach Neptune.  For Peabody, SWS and Watkins families, students will move to a new planet each time theyʼve read 300 minutes.  Stuart Hobson reader astronauts will move to a new planet each time they’ve read 450 minutes outside of classroom reading. Those who reach Neptune before March 2 can dash around the Milky Way and do it all over again!

Fun theme-related prizes will be given to students as they travel the galaxy of reading, and some schools will be giving away a grand raffle prize to one of the participants who reaches Neptune. Peabody, SWS & Watkins will blast off on Monday, December 5 and Stuart-Hobson will blast off the following Monday on December 12.  Please support this program by encouraging your child to participate and to show you their reading logs.   Happy reading!