CHAN'CELLORE MAKANJUOLA
RICHARDSON, Texas –Three ILTexas students are winners of the Summer Reading Challenge hosted by the charter. The challenge took place May 25-July 15, with all schools in the charter invited to participate. Students from ILTexas Windmill Lakes-Orem High School, Garland K-8, and Orem K-8 each received gift cards from Amazon for their efforts with prizes ranging from $250-$2,000.
The winners of the challenge are:
|
School |
Name |
Grade |
Minutes Logged |
|
ILTexas Orem K-8 |
Madison Taylor |
2 |
6,412 |
|
ILTexas Garland K-8 |
Cheluchi Olewike |
8 |
15,394 |
|
ILTexas WLOHS |
Lesly Rodriguez |
11 |
13,083 |
During the challenge, students are asked to log their reading minutes into Beanstack, a website that promotes reading challenges for students. Students with the most minutes logged from the elementary, middle, and high school levels receive a prize.
Teachers with the most minutes logged by their students are:
|
School |
Name |
Minutes Logged |
|
ILTexas Keller K-8 |
Amy Thomas |
19,955 |
|
ILTexas Garland K-8 |
Rachel Walker Pollard |
16, 402 |
|
ILTexas WLOHS |
Jacob Mexicano |
13,083 |
For Carla Bennett, the director of Reading Language Arts at ILTexas, summer reading is an important way for students to maintain or improve their literacy skills.
“Students who read at least 20 minutes a day during the summer will keep from losing any reading achievement and should even gain some,” she said. “The goal is to help students find what they love to read so they build their love of reading.”
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