Otters! Our amazing, wonderfully generous and supportive community did it AGAIN - we smashed our fundraising goal of $70,000 and raised $82,375! What a way to mark the 12-year anniversary of this fun literacy-building tradition.
Check out these impressive stats:
- 273 of students (57%) participated by recording minutes read and/or fundraising
- 204,342 minutes (3,406 hours) read in total
- That’s 141 straight days of reading!
- 1st grade had the highest participation rate (73%!!!)
- 3rd grade raised the most funds
- Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades also raised impressive amounts
- There were 170 people who entered the Reading Challenge Badges. Congratulations to these winners, who will each receive a book by Vicky Fang: August Pouliot, Arianna Zhang, Noah Douglas, Marina Flores, Rosalie Bernstein, and Matisse Goldberg.
- Strong Shop & Donate proceeds from Books, Inc - $300
- Tomatina results TBD
Congratulations to Ms. Valler’s 1st grade class for raising the most funds! Details of your Pizza and Ice Cream party to come!
Thank you SO MUCH for encouraging your students to read and support our school! We were so touched to see how energetic our Otters were with completing Reading Badge Challenges, asking great questions at our Author Assemblies with Vicky Fang, and participating in the Book Swap.
Special thanks to our graphic designer extraordinaire Kaytee Miller, Jennifer Currier, Brian Donovan, Kelly Esguerra, Brittany Fraser, Scott Grieder, Jeannie He, Carolyn Hew, and Serena Hom for all of their help to make this event so incredible.
Student Recognition
We would like to recognize the following students for being a top reader or top fundraiser in their grade:
Kindergarten
- Top 2 fundraisers in Kindergarten: Azura Falco and Charlie McFeely
- Top 3 readers in each kindergarten class: Calvin Moffat, Matteo Bernstein, Carter Warneck, Ellie Douglas, August Pouliot, Felix Seymour, Azura Falco, Charlie McFeely, and Iris Davies
1st grade
- Top 2 fundraisers in 1st grade: Adam Wasson and Colette Beirne
- Top 3 readers in each 1st grade class: Finley Chang, Gianna Onori, Maya Pelaez, Isaiah Mieler, Finnegan Heller, Eli Ornburg, Adam Wasson, Nandin Munkhsugar, and Nathan May
2nd grade
- Top 2 fundraisers in 2nd grade: Maeve O’Connor and Rosie Tiee-Grieder
- Top 3 readers in each 2nd grade class: Sam Kellogg, Benjamin Lew, Miles Onorato, Theodore Chu, Alice Moffat, Anna Gow, Mila Filamor, Peter Davison, and Ansel Alonso
3rd grade
- Top 2 fundraisers in 3rd grade: Kyla Kevlin and Haakon Adams
- Top 3 readers in each 3rd grade class: Haakon Adams, Silas Nelson, Elise Meier, Marina Flores, Lucian Flanagan-Ladega, Niccolo Young, Kyla Kelvin, Kenzo Burns, and Eleanor Dussud
4th grade
- Top 2 fundraisers in 4th grade: Pierce Chi and Rona Smith
- Top 3 readers in each 4th grade class: Kate Briggs, Rosalie Bernstein, Charlie Matella, Pierce Chii, Gisele Cheung, Alana Flores, Hugo Lok, Anstin Jiang, and Isla Cagan Glick
5th grade
- Top 2 fundraisers in 5th grade: Theo Tiee-Grieder and Alex Fu
- Top 3 readers in each 5th grade class: Zane Berger-Azevedo, Anna Brito, Mae Parker, Theo Tiee-Grieder, Harper Seman, and Eva King-Stewart
With immense gratitude,
Julia Berger, Erica Bucci, and Charlise Tiee
PTA Read-A-Thon Co-Chairs