Tag: Summer Challenge
70 million minutes and counting!
By Nadia on July 31st, 2012
With the Olympics on, it’s hard NOT to get into the competitive spirit. We watch athletes accomplish amazing feats and set new records. Sometimes it’s a new world record, a new Olympic record, or a personal best. As Meagan announced, studentsmore… full post
We beat last year’s Reading World Record!
By Megan on July 18th, 2012
Cue the confetti, start the celebratory music, pass around the bubbly. Reading 64,213,141 minutes is officially so last year. Yes folks, it’s true, we’ve broken last year’s Reading World Record! As a part of the Scholastic Summer Challenge, eagermore… full post
“The love of books will last forever,” Susan B. Neuman on summer reading
By Megan on June 30th, 2012
We were thrilled to have author and literacy expert Susan B. Neuman join us on Tuesday for a live Facebook chat on summer reading. It seems like everyone is talking about the importance of keeping kids engaged during the notoriously lazy, hazymore… full post
Spreading the love of summer reading
By Nadia on June 22nd, 2012
Growing up, I always had a required reading list for the summer. While many of my classmates dreaded this, I (being the book nerd that I am) looked forward to the list, picking out my books, and going to the book store to get them. Yesterday,more… full post
Excitement builds not only for summer camp — but also for reading!
By Anne on June 19th, 2012
Each year the Scholastic Summer Challenge motivates kids around the world to keep reading while school is out and break the world record for summer reading minutes. It is super fun and helps student fight the “summer slide” — the learning ormore… full post
We’re halfway there!
By Megan on June 1st, 2012
With 5 weeks down and 13 left to go of the Scholastic Summer Challenge, we’re thrilled to announce that when it comes to beating last year’s Reading World Record of 64,312,141 minutes, we’re halfway there. That’s right, kids around themore… full post
U.S. Governors’ Spouses sign on as Summer Challenge “Reading Ambassadors”
By Lia on May 22nd, 2012
The 6th Annual Scholastic Summer Challenge officially kicked off on May 1 when students across the country began to log their minutes in an attempt to “Read for the World Record”. Just three weeks later, student readers have logged almost 20,000,000more… full post
Let the summer (reading) fun begin!
By Megan on May 1st, 2012
For some reason, the summer months seem to be a time for friendly competition. There’s the my-splash-is-bigger-than-yours cannon ball contest at the local pool, the epic backyard potato-sack race, the hotdog eating throw-down at the neighborhoodmore… full post
Seven days until TOTAL WORD DOMINATION!
By Guest Blogger on April 24th, 2012
There’s only ONE WEEK LEFT until the 2012 WordGirl Definition Competition! The third annual Definition Competition — a live vocabulary event where students compete for word domination — is Tuesday, May 1st at 1pm (ET)! Not only will this livemore… full post
Pre-registration for the Scholastic Summer Challenge opens today!
By Megan on April 2nd, 2012
April is finally here, which means we’re already thinking about summer reading at Scholastic. When it comes to kids and reading behavior, studies show that one summer off can sometimes mean a whole school year of struggling in school. So join themore… full post
