It’s Reading Season!
We’ve combined our Scholastic Book Fair, Read-A-Thon, and Literacy Night to help students enhance their reading skills, foster a lifelong love of books, and raise essential funds for PTSA programs!
📅 Important Dates
- Scholastic Book Fair: Monday, February 3 - Saturday, February 8
- Read-A-Thon: Monday, February 3 - Friday, February 14
- Literacy Night with Local Author Booki Vivat: Wednesday, February, 5 from 6 - 8 PM.
📚 Book Fair Details
- Hours: During lunch and after school until 4:00 PM in the Library
- Sign up to volunteer
🎯 Our Read-A-Thon Goals:
- Fundraising: $50,000—we have already raised over $14,000!
- Participation: We aim to have 350 students participate—so far, 331 have registered. Let’s hit that goal together!
📖 How to Participate in Read-A-Thon
- Register to read on Pledgestar.
- Log the reading time of your student(s) on Pledgestar. (All reading time must be logged by Sunday, February 15, at 11:59 PM to count for prizes.)
- Being “read to” counts for our younger students.
- Update your student’s reading time nightly to track progress on the Read-A-Thon board!
- Send pledge requests directly from Pledgestar, share them on social media, or ask friends and family in person—every bit helps!
- Donate directly on Pledgestar or via check. (All donations/company matching must be received by Monday, February 24 to count for prizes.)
🏆Read-A-Thon Prizes
Check out all the exciting prizes waiting at Pledgestar! Your student’s classroom may also have its own goals and prizes! Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time to join in!
👕 Limited-Edition T-Shirt!
Congratulations to Ms. Flynn’s 4th/5th grade classroom for getting the highest registration by January 24! We can't wait to show you what they put together next week.
🌟 Thank you PEL Learning!
This year’s Read-A-Thon is sponsored by our new neighborhood math and English tutoring center, PEL Learning! Conveniently located above Trader Joe’s at South Shore, it offers tutoring to help students achieve their potential. Check out PEL Learning and schedule a personal assessment.
Let’s read, raise, and grow together!
Bay Farm PTSA Executive Board, Ms. Chaney, and the rest of the Bay Farm Staff