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Students read their way to a pizza party!
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Some students at WES enjoyed an extra treat at lunch today - a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut which they earned by reading!
Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! program motivates children to read by rewarding their reading accomplishments with praise, recognition and pizza. BOOK IT! runs every school year from October through March. Each teacher sets a reading goal for their class. Goals are based on reading ability, and teachers have the freedom to determine what works for their class. Number of books, number of pages, or number of minutes – they all work.
Student's track their progress and earn monthly rewards. Rewards include a free, one-topping Personal Pan Pizza, BOOK IT! card, clip and sticker. Usually students have to go to a local Pizza Hut restaurant to redeem their rewards, but this year (thanks to Krista Daley, manager of the Pizza Hut on Delatour Street) the pizza came to WES!
Thanks to the assistance of Mary Schoonmaker and the helpful WES food service staff, 115 students received a pizza reward during their regularly scheduled lunch period.
"Literacy is so fundamental to every bit of learning that these students will do throughout their academic careers, so it is great to see a national business like Pizza Hut promote reading," said Kathleen Strangis, Reading and UPK Director. "This is a great program. The kids already love pizza and BOOK IT! helps them learn to love reading too." |
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