What are you doing to help get your students reading this summer? This is the question we asked teachers across the country to answer for a chance to win the Dav Pilkey "Be a Reading Superhero" Contest. And answer it they did. Over 4,000 teachers shared with us their strategies and ideas for getting students motivated around reading. From community kick-off events to giving off-hours access to the library, to using personal funds to fill a backpack of books for every student, it's clear teachers go above and beyond to get books into the hands of their students.
50 winning schools (one from each U.S. state) will now receive boxes of books from Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey, and each student will be able to take home a book to read during the summer months. It all ties back to Dav's mission to promote the power of choice. "I was fortunate to have parents who encouraged me to choose the books I wanted to read: silly books with tons of illustrations that made me laugh out loud. And if it weren’t for these books that motivated me to keep turning the page, I wouldn’t be the writer I am today," he said.
Congratulations to the winning schools and thanks to everyone who participated! The schools are listed below and here as well.
- North Pole Elementary School, North Pole, AK
- Holtville Elementary School, Deatsville, AL
- London Elementary, London, AR
- Lake Valley Elementary School, Prescott Valley, AZ
- Betty Plasencia Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA
- Fowler Elementary School, Fowler, CO
- Green-Hills School, Bristol, CT
- Mispillion Elementary School, Milford, DE
- Read-Pattillo Elementary, New Smyrna Beach, FL
- Holsenbeck Elementary School, Winder, GA
- Konawaena Elementary Kealakekua, HI
- Southeast Elementary, Ankeny, IA
- Ronald Reagan Elementary, Nampa, ID
- K.D. Waldo Middle School, Aurora, IL
- North Liberty Elementary School, North Liberty, IN
- Tonganoxie Middle School, Tonganoxie, KS
- Hickman County Elementary, Clinton, KY
- F.K. White Middle School, Lake Charles, LA
- Freetown Elementary School, Freetown, MA
- George Washington Carver Elementary School, Lexington Park, MD
- Washburn School, Washburn, ME
- Susick Elementary, Troy, MI
- Clearwater Middle School, Waconia, MN
- Ballwin Elementary, Ballwin, MO
- Jackson Elementary, Pascagoula, MS
- Polson Middle School, Polson, MT
- Fred A. Anderson Elementary School, Bayboro, NC
- Lincoln Elementary, Beach, ND
- Wasmer Elementary, Grand Island, NE
- Seabrook Elementary, Seabrook, NH
- Francis A. Desmares, Flemington, NJ
- Colinas Del Norte, Rio Rancho, NM
- Craig Hill Elementary, Rochester, NY
- Frank Kim Elementary, Las Vegas, NV
- Central Elementary, Reading, OH
- Jarman Elementary School, Tulsa, OK
- Awbrey Park Elementary, Eugene, OR
- Thomas K. Finletter, Philadelphia, PA
- Governor Pothier Elementary School, Woonsocket, RI
- Cyber Academy SC, Greenville, SC
- Trenton Rosenwald Middle School, Trenton, TN
- E.H. Gilbert Elementary School, San Antonio, TX
- Bryant Middle School, Salt Lake City, UT
- Callaway Elementary School, Callaway, VA
- Shaftsbury Elementary School, Shaftsbury, VT
- Jefferson Elementary, Mount Vernon, WA
- Waller Elementary, Burlington, WI
- Beverly Elementary School, Beverly, WV
- Slade Elementary School, Laramie, WY
Learn more about the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge here. The fun begins on May 9, 2016!
