Why is this event so important to Hyde Park School? Not only does it promote the joy of reading, but it also serves as the second-largest fundraiser PTO hosts each school year. Your generous contributions to the Read-A-Thon go directly into funding a budget that supports students, teachers, and the classrooms.
If this is your first year participating in our Read-A-Thon Welcome! For those who are familiar with past Read-A-Thons, you will notice this year we are offering a new format. In the past, we have sent home folders with all the information needed to kick-off this event. Due to COVID-19 we are taking the Read-A-Thon digital.
Prizes are awarded for students’ participation!
- The homeroom with the most minutes read by all students in the class and the homeroom with the highest minutes read per student (averaged among the number of students) will win a sweet treat social.
- The top reader in each homeroom will receive a Joseph Beth gift card.
- Homerooms that have 100% participation (classroom reading logs submitted, pledges are not required to win) will earn a pajama day & extra free reading time in class.
Instructions for Online Pledges:
NEW! We have partnered with www.99pledges.com to make it easier to e-mail or post on Facebook and collect donations from you and your student’s family and friends. Click on the link above, type in your child’s homeroom, and follow the instructions from there.
Instructions for In-Person Pledges:
Providing that the students will have in-school instruction the week of November 9th, the PTO will have a dropbox for cash or check pledges outside of the building November 10th through November 13th. Students will be able to drop their pledges off on their corresponding group days, A or B. We ask that check pledges be made out to HPS PTO.
Weekly Reminders and Raffles – Oct. 22nd, 29th & Nov 25th
To encourage participation, we are asking the students every Thursday during the Read-A-Thon to upload a picture of them and what they are currently reading to the HPS PTO padlet page. Every Friday we will draw a random name from all those who have submitted photos and that student will receive a prize from Joseph-Beth Books.
Read-A-Thon Forms