Summer 2013

Beginning the 7th summer of motivating students to read, reducing summer slide, and putting books into the hands of our students Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader!

Keep Seminole County Public School students reading over the summer break! Students who do not read in the summer can lose months of reading development Those who continue to read gain reading proficiency 2013 Goals Read Every Day and log minutes! Participate in the 10 Million Minute SCPS Summer read for the world record challenge! The Bookmobile will visit 12 weekly stops Monday–Thursday from June 10 th – August 1 st (Except Thursday, July 4th)

Seminole County Public School students read! Students use reading logs to record their reading Reading logs are brought to the attendance school and entered into school drawings on two“Let’s Read, Seminole days” August 19 th and September 16 th School winners are entered into a district-wide grand prize drawing Winners from the district drawing will be presented prizes at a School Board meeting

 Use Let’s Read “video” to promote enthusiasm  Distribute book logs and bookmarks  Show students how to access the Let’s Read, Seminole website and utilize various features  Include information on morning news shows, at PTA functions, and/or in newsletters

Remind students they have access to digital eBooks! Students can visit the Seminole County Public School library Overdrive site at or the Public library at Use a student ID or public library card to “Borrow” eBooks Read online or Download! Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period

Available directly from the SCPS Library Catalog

Copyright free books with unlimited access available

Each reading log gives students a chance to be selected for a prize Prizes are not based on the total number of books read School drawings will take place on Let’s Read, Seminole days, August 19 th & September 16 th Winners names must be submitted to the district by September 20 th to be eligible for the grand prize drawing Grand Prize winners will be selected at the district level and receive prizes at the October School Board meeting

Invite students to participate in the Scholastic Summer Challenge The Summer Challenge invites kids to join their school team to log their reading minutes online as they Read for the World Record In 2012, more than 193,000 kids representing all 50 states and 32 countries read and logged an impressive 95,859,491 minutes The Top 20 Schools that read and logged the most minutes are listed in the 2013 Scholastic Book of World Records Including Walker Elementary School - Seminole: 371,830

Invite students to participate in the Scholastic Summer Challenge Log reading minutes at Ask students to Read: min. per day 5 days per week 10 weeks of Summer 100% Participation: 65 Million Minutes 50% Participation: 32.5 Million Minutes 40% Participation: 26 Million Minutes 30% Participation: 19.5 Million Minutes 20% Participation: 13 Million Minutes 10% Participation: 6.5 Million Minutes

Clear Channel Radio is our official media partner 8 powerful radio stations reaching 2.2 million listeners weekly Airing over 8,000 Summer Reading Messages across all 8 stations to help promote the Central Florida Summer Reading Challenge Links to Summer Resources on station websites Keyword: READ John & Leslye MAGIC Johnny Magic XL John Musa & Los Anormales Rumba Bud Hedinger 540 WFLA Schools in Orange, Seminole and Osceola County will be participating in the Central Florida Summer Reading Challenge to read 40 Million Minutes! sample PSA

 Teacher site opens for classroom registration Kids can begin entering minutes into Read for the World Record! Scholastic Summer Challenge officially ends Last day for students and teachers to retrieve minutes and print out Summer Challenge stats