Rockin’ Reading Race (Grades K–5)
October 1–31
Bolingbrook elementary school students, are you ready to rock? Beginning Tuesday, October 1, read and log to help your school win the Rockin’ Reading Race! The three schools with the most minutes read will win a collection of this year’s Monarch & Bluestem Award nominees! All schools that participate will win a collection of STEAM/STEM books.
How to Participate:
Simply read for 300 minutes during the month of October. Any form of reading counts!
- Reading independently at home or school
- Reading during classroom read-alouds, reading time or visits from our Book Talkers
- Reading to someone or listening to a story
- Listening to a Playaway or audiobook
Pick up a paper reading log from your teacher beginning Tuesday, October 1. Write your library card number on your paper log to receive 30 bonus minutes (you may only receive this bonus one time during the race)!
Win:
Please return your paper log to your teacher by Friday, November 1 to have your minutes counted toward your class total. If you read for 300 minutes, you’ll earn a certificate, pencil, sticker and voucher good for a free slice of Portillo’s cake. The three schools with the most minutes read will win a collection of this year’s Monarch & Bluestem Award nominees!
Congratulations to St. Dominic School, our 2018 1st place winner.
This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of Fountaindale Library.
The Great Page Race (Grades 6–8)
September 9–October 28
Each fall, Bolingbrook middle school students participate in our Great Page Race to earn prizes for their school media centers and classrooms. The top three schools win paperback book collections for their media centers, and the top classroom at each school gets a special prize and a collection of the latest Rebecca Caudill nominees.
REGISTER FOR GREAT PAGE RACE 2019
CONGRATULATIONS TO HUBERT H. HUMPHREY MIDDLE SCHOOL, OUR 2018 1ST PLACE WINNER.
(REPRESENTED BY MS. SEWASCUIK’S 6TH GRADE HONORS STUDENTS)
This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of Fountaindale Library.