Help support Redding School of the Arts
and encourage RSA kids to read!
WHAT
This is the first RSA Read Across the USA Readathon Fundraising Event.
This fundraiser is taking the place of the RSA annual Spring Auction.
WHEN
March 1 - March 26 (Celebration Week of March 29)
WHY PARTICIPATE?
📕Help fund student activities and support classroom teachers.
📕 Encourage a passion for reading in your children.
HOW IT WORKS
Students count number of minutes they read both in school and outside of school.
What counts as minutes read?
✓ Your child reading on their own
✓ You or someone else reads to your child
✓ Listening to audio books
✓ Reading anything!
RSA READATHON IN A NUTSHELL
For this reading event, students will literally READ ACROSS the USA.
A USA map will be located on the bulletin board outside the library. Classes will choose a National or State symbol to represent their class. (Must be a USA National symbol or a symbol of one of the destination states: California, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Louisiana, Tennessee. Chosen symbol will be made into a marker that will mark their class journey across America on the USA map.
Classes will choose three destinations along with the final destination of the US Capital in Washington D.C. (Total of 4 destinations across the USA for each class). Travel across the USA will be made by the class earning minutes of reading. Once a class gets to their destination, they earn a virtual field trip experience on their destination. There are six destinations to choose from and everyone ends the Readathon by making it to the US Capitol.
DESTINATION CHOICES
✓ La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, CA
✓ the Grand Canyon in Arizona
✓ Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming / Idaho / Montana
✓ Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota
✓ New Orleans in Louisiana (explore Mardi Gras and Jazz Museum)
✓Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee
✓ US Capitol in Washington D.C.
📕To be on target to travel to three destinations and make it to the US Capitol on time, each class needs to read a total of 80 minutes per day/per student (400 minutes per week/per student)
EXAMPLE: A class of 20 kids will need to read a total of 8000 minutes per week.
STUDENTS REPORT reading minutes on their RSA READATHON STUDENT TRACKER.
READ ACROSS AMERICA READATHON SPONSORSHIP
✓ Donations for Readathon Sponsorship are made online on your student's personal 99 PLEDGES Donation Page.
READING GOAL MINUTES PER STUDENT
📕400 minutes by March 5
📕800 minutes by March 12
📕1200 by March 19
📕1600 by March 26
READ ACROSS the USA READATHON REWARDS
for classes
✓ Fun virtual experiences at each destination tailored for either primary/elementary or elementary/middle school level
✓ All classes that make it to their second US destination will receive California Gold Rush chocolate coins for all students.
✓ All classes that make it to the final US destination of the US Capitol will receive Ice Cream for all students (local ice cream coupon for Distance and Homeschool Learners)
READ ACROSS the USA READATHON REWARDS
for individual students based on sponsorship donations
This is the first RSA Read Across the USA Readathon Fundraising Event.
This fundraiser is taking the place of the RSA annual Spring Auction.
WHEN
March 1 - March 26 (Celebration Week of March 29)
WHY PARTICIPATE?
📕Help fund student activities and support classroom teachers.
📕 Encourage a passion for reading in your children.
HOW IT WORKS
Students count number of minutes they read both in school and outside of school.
What counts as minutes read?
✓ Your child reading on their own
✓ You or someone else reads to your child
✓ Listening to audio books
✓ Reading anything!
RSA READATHON IN A NUTSHELL
For this reading event, students will literally READ ACROSS the USA.
A USA map will be located on the bulletin board outside the library. Classes will choose a National or State symbol to represent their class. (Must be a USA National symbol or a symbol of one of the destination states: California, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Louisiana, Tennessee. Chosen symbol will be made into a marker that will mark their class journey across America on the USA map.
Classes will choose three destinations along with the final destination of the US Capital in Washington D.C. (Total of 4 destinations across the USA for each class). Travel across the USA will be made by the class earning minutes of reading. Once a class gets to their destination, they earn a virtual field trip experience on their destination. There are six destinations to choose from and everyone ends the Readathon by making it to the US Capitol.
DESTINATION CHOICES
✓ La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, CA
✓ the Grand Canyon in Arizona
✓ Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming / Idaho / Montana
✓ Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota
✓ New Orleans in Louisiana (explore Mardi Gras and Jazz Museum)
✓Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee
✓ US Capitol in Washington D.C.
📕To be on target to travel to three destinations and make it to the US Capitol on time, each class needs to read a total of 80 minutes per day/per student (400 minutes per week/per student)
EXAMPLE: A class of 20 kids will need to read a total of 8000 minutes per week.
STUDENTS REPORT reading minutes on their RSA READATHON STUDENT TRACKER.
READ ACROSS AMERICA READATHON SPONSORSHIP
✓ Donations for Readathon Sponsorship are made online on your student's personal 99 PLEDGES Donation Page.
READING GOAL MINUTES PER STUDENT
📕400 minutes by March 5
📕800 minutes by March 12
📕1200 by March 19
📕1600 by March 26
READ ACROSS the USA READATHON REWARDS
for classes
✓ Fun virtual experiences at each destination tailored for either primary/elementary or elementary/middle school level
✓ All classes that make it to their second US destination will receive California Gold Rush chocolate coins for all students.
✓ All classes that make it to the final US destination of the US Capitol will receive Ice Cream for all students (local ice cream coupon for Distance and Homeschool Learners)
READ ACROSS the USA READATHON REWARDS
for individual students based on sponsorship donations
MORE FUN READ ACROSS the USA READATHON ACTIVITIES!
✓ March 2 - Read Across the USA Day (parent and community readers invited to classes to read)
✓ March 5 - Dr. Seuss Spirit Dress-up Day
✓ March 12 - American Book Character Dress-up Day
✓ March 19 - Red, White & Blue Spirit Dress-Up Day
✓ March 26 - RSA School Spirit Dress-up Day
✓ Read Across the USA Readathon Bingo: Kids who complete BINGO (5 in a row) get a prize from the Library Treasure Box.
MORE FUN READ ACROSS the USA READATHON ACTIVITIES!
✓ March 2 - Read Across the USA Day (parent and community readers invited to classes to read)
✓ March 5 - Dr. Seuss Spirit Dress-up Day
✓ March 12 - American Book Character Dress-up Day
✓ March 19 - Red, White & Blue Spirit Dress-Up Day
✓ March 26 - RSA School Spirit Dress-up Day
✓ Read Across the USA Readathon Bingo: Kids who complete BINGO (5 in a row) get a prize from the Library Treasure Box.