Spring Reading Challenge - 2019

Students in Mr. Ovalle's class (402) forms a line to receive free ice cream.

The Carmel Hill Fund Education Program funds our Accelerated Reader Program. When students read books, they take an online quiz. When students take quizzes, using Accelerated Reader, the program adds up all of the words in each book. The Carmel Hill Fund initiating the second year of our "Spring Reading Challenge" to encourage students to continue on the path of reading practice. The challenge ran from March 18 to June 7, 2019. The goals were based on the amount of words read. 90% of students in each class needed to reach the following grade-level word count goals:

• Grade K: 4,000
• Grade 1: 7,000
• Grade 2: 12,000
• Grade 3: 30,000
• Grade 4: 100,000
• Grade 5: 150,000

As a reward, The Carmel Hill Fund Education Program recently sent an ice cream truck to PS4, for the classes that have met their criteria. Here is the list of classes that reached their reading goal.

• Grade K: K01, K02
• Grade 1: 101, 120, 480
• Grade 2: 201, 202, 220
• Grade 3: 301, 304, 302, 481
• Grade 4: 401, 402, 482

Special thanks to Maria Garcia, Carmel Hill Fund's Implementation Specialist and Ms. Bonifacio, Assistant Principal, for monitoring student progress and organizing a successful reward for our scholars. For more information on the Carmel Hill Fund, click here. Congratulations to all classes that achieved their reading goal and got an invitation to visit the ice cream truck!