Throughout February, Kenwood Woodchucks will celebrate “I Love to Read Month” with Spirit Days, a Read-A-Thon fund- raiser and a Book Fair. Members of the community are invited to support the kids and their school by sponsoring students in your neighborhood for the Read-A Thon and donating new or used foreign language books to be used in Kenwood classrooms.
Read-A-Thon Gets Kids Reading!
Kenwood School’s annual Read-A-Thon runs February 14- 28 with the goal of getting kids excited about reading. Students record the minutes they read (or someone reads to them) and receive fun prizes for doing so. All participants are rewarded and have the goal of reading at least 20 minutes a day (300 minutes total). Top prizes go to the kids who read the most minutes, raise the most money, and one lucky random drawing winner. 100% of proceeds go to the Kenwood PTA to fund art residencies, inclusive school community gatherings, field trips and more.
Neighbors can support Kenwood’s largest fundraiser event of the year by sponsoring the hard-working students in your neighborhood with a pledge per minute or a flat donation. Students will collect your pledge dollars from February 28 through March 1. Pledges of $20 or more may be made on the Kenwood PTA website at https://kenwoodp-ta.square.site/ or with the QR code below (use your smartphone camera to scan — please note that if you use this option, it is important to list the student you’re sponsoring in the “order note” prior to checking out).
Book Fair Open to Students, Parents, and Caregivers February 14-15
In partnership with Scholastic, Kenwood School is once again hosting a Book Fair during the week of February 12. Students will have the opportunity to shop with their class during the school day. Parents and caregivers can shop on Wednesday, Feb. 14 from 4-6pm and Thursday, Feb. 15 from 9:15 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. in Kenwood’s Media Center. A portion of the proceeds from the book fair will go toward enhancements to the Media Center like additional books, software subscriptions, electronics, and most recently, vlogging equipment which will allow students to create a news program to be shared within the school.
Non-English Language Books Needed!
Like all schools in the area, Kenwood has welcomed a significant number of students with a first language other than English, most notably Spanish, but also Ukrainian, Dari and Pashto. The school is seeking donations from the community of gently used books in Spanish, both fiction and non-fiction, that would be suitable for elementary school students. Examples include: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” “Harry Potter,” “DK Eyewitness Books,” “Dog- man,” “The Baby-sitter's Club,” beautifully illustrated picture books, and engaging books about dinosaurs, space, planets, animals and natural resources. Donations can be delivered to the main office and will be used to expand classroom library book selections. Thank you for supporting our students during “I Love to Read” month!
