Reading Incentive Program for 2010

This year, Justin F. Kimball will once again participate in the Million Word Challenge. We will promote it through the book club, and the members will participate in promotion throughout the year with, I'm sure, creative and innovative ways to increase participation in this event.

Source: North Dallas HS webpage //northdallaslibrary.weebly.com/million-word-challenge.html

I'm hoping to use the same guidelines posted on North Dallas High School Library's webpage. Every book read between August and May will be logged in a notebook at the front desk. Students may have the ability to submit their information through the library's website. In a date before seniors have their last day, we will have a celebratory pizza party for everyone who read over a million words! Million Word participants will also be recognized in front of their classmates at their Awards Assemblies in May. All million word readers will receive a certificate of achievement and will have their names announced. The top two readers will receive prizes. The top teacher and the top staff member will receive an award. All students, teachers, and staff members will be encouraged to participate. The goal will be to challenge Kimball Knights to increase their reading skills, including vocabulary and comprehension. And have fun!

Thank you, Courtney Flynt, for the ideas. I especially like the way the students can fill in their Million Word book information on their library's webpage.

Molina High School also has a fantastic Million Word challenge every year, unfortunately, I wasn't able to find anything on the web about their great work. Hopefully, they will post a comment on where to find their information.