Longfellow's Read-a-Thon Fundraiser

The Read-a-Thon is one of the PTO’s biggest fundraisers, and this year’s goal is $14,000. All money we raise goes directly into classroom programs.

Read-a-Thon Kickoff Assembly
Friday, September 24

Family Reading Night
Tuesday, October 5th, 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Longfellow Landing – 2nd Floor

  

Get Pledges

• Ask your family, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends to sponsor you. Then earn money for Longfellow with the time you spend READING!
  
  
• Kids should collect pledges the first week and READ, READ, READ! the second week. Collect and return the money the final week.
  
  
• All money is due by Wednesday, October 13^th in order to be eligible for prizes. (However, we’ll still happily accept donations after that date!)

Earn Fun Prizes!
Students must record the minutes they read on their Daily Reading Record, and parents/teachers must sign to validate each effort. Children can count minutes being read to as part of their reading time.

• Most Minutes Read
  Through the generosity of Zach Owen, we now have an i-pod shuffle to award to the Longfellow student who reads the most minutes in the entire school. Our record is over 3,000 minutes!
  
  
• Grand Prizes
  $50 gift card and Principal for the Day
  Prize for the student who raises the most money by collecting pledges and reading.
  
  
• 12 Top Reader Prizes
  To the top overall reader from each grade K-6.
  (The overall record reader is already recognized as above.)
  
  
• 2 Class Awards
  The class from K-3rd and the class from 4th-6th that raises the most money will have a Pizza Party!
  
  
• 1,000 Minute Club
  Any students who read 1,000 minutes or more (over 18 hours of reading) will receive a special award.
  
  
• 100 Minute Raffle
  For every 100 minutes you read, you'll be entered into a school raffle for fun prizes. (Overall winners are not eligible for this prize).

Make “Reading Week” Fun 

Here are some ideas to help your child maximize the reading time at home.

• Have a “Turn Off the TV” day and use the extra hours to read.
  
  
• Have a “Family Reading Day” and spend a concentrated amount of time reading together. Children can count minutes being read to as part of their reading time.
  
  
• Have “Pizza & a Book” night. Order pizza and spend the time you would normally spend cooking dinner reading with your child.
  
  
• Have a reading play date. Invite Longfellow classmates and friends for a reading date. Turn it into a party!
  
  
• Be a good role model. Challenge your child to read more minutes than you do, and then make it tough by reading a lot yourself.
  
  
• Play games that require reading, like Scrabble, bingo, Scattergories, Cranium, etc.