What is the Readathon?
 
The Readathon is a school-wide event that encourages students to read every day! PBES has a goal to read 500,000 minutes!
 

The Readathon will start on Friday, February 7 with a Book Giveaway. The Readathon will then last for three weeks in February. During this time, your child will keep track of the minutes that they read. They will turn in their reading logs to their teachers at the end of each week. There will be prizes for the classes that read the most. And every child who turns in a reading log is eligible for other prizes in a drawing during the assembly at the end of the Readathon.

 

There is also an optional fundraising component. The PBES PTA is hoping to raise $4,000 through the Readathon! Interested parents and loved ones can all play a role by making a donation for every minute or book read. 

 

Families will receive more information about the Readathon later in January. But in the meantime, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Leanne Sedowski at Leanne_sedowski@hotmail.com, Amanda Wagner at helloamandawagner@gmail.com, Brittany Starr at brittanynicolestarr@gmail.com, or Ruby Snyder at ruby.snyder@gmail.com.

 

Volunteer and Donation Opportunities
 
We need volunteers to staff the kick-off book giveaway at Piney Branch on Friday, February 7.
We also need 3 volunteers to tabulate student reading logs each weekend of the Readathon (the weekends of Feb. 14, 21, and 28). This is something you can do at home!
 
 
In addition, you can donate new or gently used books for our book giveaway kick-off event. If you have books you would like to donate, please drop them off on the porches of 436 Lincoln Ave. or 7301 Takoma Ave. We take any grade-appropriate book and are particularly interested in graphic novels and books in Spanish. Please ONLY drop books appropriate for grades 3-5 (no baby books or adult books).