The gauntlet has been thrown to encourage more kids to get reading.
Schools across Chatham-Kent and Lambton County will be facing off in the Clash of the Classrooms reading challenge, hosted in partnership between the Chatham-Kent Public Library and Lambton County Library, and sponsored in part by the Rotary Club of Chatham.
Teachers can sign their classes up for the challenge through Beanstack, a web-based reading tracking service that enables individuals and groups to easily track their reading progress.
From February 6 to March 10 teachers will track their classes’ reading progress with students earning badges for reaching reading milestones and completing activities. Any time that students spend reading in and outside of class during the challenge can be added to class totals.
The top two elementary classes and one high school class from each municipality with the most minutes read will win a pizza party. As well, a cash prize for the most collective minutes read will be handed out to one elementary school, one high school, and one homeschool group from each community.