You can register and enjoy our kick-off event on May 31, but the Challenge officially starts on June 2.
This summer, get ready to “Color our World”! Log the books you read to earn badges and rewards as you go. The challenge is completed when you have read 300 minutes, for which you will receive a Certificate of Achievement and Dairy Queen coupon! A treasure chest prize is also awarded for every special library event attended (guests who are teachers and experts in the creative arts). Happy reading!
Reading prizes and prizes awarded through the drawings must be picked up in person at 200 E. Washington Street, Charles Town, WV. Let’s get reading!
Great Links for Challenge participants
Important Links for Readers
No. Dozens of studies involving the academic progress of students show that while vacation is a great break for kids, their education achievement level in both reading and math drop significantly. This summer, that effect, called the Summer Slide, is enhanced because of the disruptions in the usual classroom environment for the past two years.
So what is a parent or guardian to do? Experts around the country have pointed to making sure that students have options available to them that continue the practice of learning, in any form. That’s where the Reading Challenge comes in. By continuing the practice of reading through the summer – and we mean all reading – not text books, but comics, graphic novels or any other type of material a young reader enjoys.
And with the Charles Town Library Reading Challenge, not only will the student hit the ground running when class starts again, they can qualify for all kinds of fun prizes as well. It really is a win-win situation.
