Read-A-Thon Hits Its Target with Buzz Lightyear!

Big celebrations at Terraset ES this week! The students worked hard throughout March at their Read-A-Thon, the school’s big fundraiser for the year. The theme, Find Your Space to Read, encouraged all the kids to join in... along with a promise from Ms. Trout, Terraset's Principal, that she would dress as Buzz Lightyear for a day if they reached their target! With a goal to read 1,000,000 minutes, the Terraset community astounded itself by reading 1.4 million minutes this year. 

Buzz Lightyear (Principal Trout) congratulates winners - click for more photos

But that is not where the amazement ended! As a fundraiser, the Terraset PTA hoped to raise $4,000. What excitement when nearly $9,000 flooded in. Students had approached their parents, extended family and neighbors to sponsor them for this event… and they were not disappointed.

One of the big motivators was a draw for a chromebook. For every $10 raised by a student, a ticket in their name went in the draw. Fourth grader, Myiesha Jones, was the lucky winner of this great prize. As a special surprise, the Read-A-Thon committee also sent this year’s alien mascot home with a second lucky winner, Kindergartner, Samantha Triston.

Twenty-one students got to select from the prize pool due to their great efforts this year!

Prize	Name	Grade
Overall Top Reader	Hannah Lane	6
Overall Top Fundraiser	Alexa Remirez-Greenwood	4
Top Reader - Kindergarten	Charlotte Ober	K
Top Fundraiser - Kindergarten	Tony Villavicencio	K
Special Mention - Outstanding Reader AND Fundraiser	Noah DeGurse	K
Top Reader - 1st Grade	Donovan Stewart	1
Top Fundraiser - 1st Grade	Natalia Remirez-Greenwood	1
Special Mention - Outstanding Reader AND Fundraiser	Logan Konopka	1
Top Reader - 2nd Grade	Brianna Stewart	2
Top Fundraiser - 2nd Grade	Ella Hovermale	2
Special Mention - Outstanding Reader AND Fundraiser	Peyton Penn	2
Top Reader - 3rd Grade	Jeril Antoney	3
Top Fundraiser - 3rd Grade	Kathleen Russell	3
Special Mention - Outstanding Reader AND Fundraiser	Elise Kalinowski	3
Top Reader - 4th Grade	Finnian Wilson	4
Top Fundraiser - 4th Grade	Jack Bobby	4
Special Mention - Outstanding Reader AND Fundraiser	Sebastian Cabrera-Guy	4
Top Reader - 5th Grade	Nicholas Migliara	5
Top Fundraiser - 5th Grade	Katie Falcone	5
Top Reader - 6th Grade	Stephanie Silverio	6
Top Fundraiser - 6th Grade	Carlo Nassar	6

The results were all celebrated via Terraset’s WTER when the Read-A-Thon Awards Show aired Monday morning, April 21^st. Other stellar readers mentioned during the show, in addition to the prize winners, included… no surprises here... Mrs. Stanmyre (Terraset Librarian) and Mrs. Forman (Terraset Reading Specialist) who led our staff stars by reading over 16,000 minutes between them! Stand-out readers among our parents included Diana Tamarez (Donovan and Brianna's mom) and Neil Stobie (Sofie's dad).

Congratulations to all participants and thanks to everyone who helped to make this event such a success. What Terraset Tiger Pride!