Records Broken in High School Reading Challenge
Launch the media gallery 1 playerThe students at Leigh High School have once again taken the schoolwide reading challenge to new heights this year.
For the second year in a row, 3 classes have beaten the team challenge this year, with each student in the class reading an average of 3400 pages. This is the equivalent of 15 pages a day for the entire school year.
The 8th grade, freshmen, and seniors beat the reading challenge this year. This is only the second time three classes have beaten it in the same year. To celebrate, contributing members in those classes took the morning off school to go bowling and eat at Perkins in Norfolk.
In the individual challenge, the Top 10 Readers in the school are as follows: 1. Michaela Hall 2. Alicia Holmberg 3. Aiden Miller 4. Cassidy Hoffman 5. Cameron Miller 6. Justine Thompson 7. Natalie Brabec 8. Audie Tejkl 9. Makenna Held 10. Emily Loseke
Michaela Hall also set an individual record of accumulating the most AR points in one year at 912.6. This is more than any high school student in reading challenge history, beating her previous record she set last year.
This year also saw the most students surpassing 10,000 pages mark than any other year in the history of the reading challenge. Hall, Holmberg, Aiden Miller, Hoffman, Thompson, and Brabec all surpassed 10,000 pages. The previous record was 4 students in one year.
High School librarian Justine Fischer believes there is much to celebrate.
“I am so proud of all of our students who put time and energy into the reading challenge,” Fischer said. “Reading builds background knowledge and vocabulary, which are both essential to our students’ success. I hope all our students discover a passion for books that makes them lifelong readers.”