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Corporate Matches & Donations
Remind your family and friend donors to check “company donation match” to double the impact of their donation. The RCF PTA’s EIN is 52-6070655 and you can mail checks directly to the school c/o RCF PTA.
Welcome
Dear RCF Students and Parents,
Welcome to our thirteenth annual Read-a-Thon!
Books open a child’s mind to a world of possibilities! Just sitting on your bed, you can travel to ancient Mexico, the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the moon, or even a distant land that has yet to be discovered. Reading is a child’s passport to anywhere!
How It Works
- Parents set up an online Read-a-thon account at the Read-a-thon Webpage (www.pledgestar.com/rcf) to track minutes and seek donations. (It takes fewer than 10 minutes to complete. If you set up an account a previous year, you just have to activate it!)
- Students and parents read and sign the Reading Oath
- Students READ as much as possible from November 22nd to December 8th, and track their minutes and books on their own Read-a-thon Webpage or the paper sheet provided
- Students secure pledges from friends and family via simple emails sent through their own Read-a-thon Webpage (NOTE: If you participated last year and click “import family and friends from previous event”, emails will automatically be sent to your friends and family!)
- Students who read and raise funds get prizes! RCFES PTA gets money to support important work like cultural events, community building, and teacher trainings.
Important Dates
November 16-18th: Read-a-thon info distributed
November 22nd: Read-a-thon starts!!!
December 8th: Read-a-thon ends
December 11th: Reading Log and Reading Oath must be complete.
December 11th: Pledges must be paid. You don’t have to raise money, but every dime helps!!
December 16th: Winners announced and prizes distributed.
What Type of Reading Counts?
- Reading before and after school or during a teacher-designated read-a-thon time in class. (Homework reading counts!)
- Being read to by other people.
- Reading aloud to other people (or animals). If you read to someone who is also participating in the Read-A-Thon, it counts for both of you.
- Reading anything – comic books, magazines, workbooks – in any language.
- Reading under your covers at night with a flashlight. (Only if your parents allow it!)
For questions, contact rcfesreadathon@gmail.com.
Participation Prize
All students who participate will receive a one-of-a-kind bookmark
Reading Prizes
All students who read 800 minutes or more (500 for K and 1st) get a globe keychain!
Out of this World Readers: Special Principal Lunch
The top five readers in each grade will be invited to a special lunch with our Principal, Ms. Carrillo.
Spaceship Readers: Spring Fair Passes
The top reader in each grade gets a free pass to the RCFES Spring Fair.
Plane Reader: Principal for the Day
All students who read more than 1,500 minutes (1,000 for K & 1st) will be entered into a drawing for two chances for Principal for the Day
Train Readers: Zava Zone Passes
All students who read more than 1,200 minutes (700 for K & 1st) will be entered into a drawing for two sets of two passes to Zava Zone in Rockville.
Car Readers: Imagination Stage Tickets
All students who read more than 1,000 minutes (500 for K & 1st) will be entered into a drawing for two tickets to any show at Imagination Stage in Bethesda
Fundraising Prizes
All students who raise more than $100 get a globe pencil!
Thrifty Travelers: Ice Cream gift card
The student who raises the MOST MONEY from each grade will receive a $5 gift card to spend at Corner Market.
Frequent Flyers: Politics & Prose Bookstore Giftcard
All students who get more than five donors will be entered into a drawing for one of two $25 gift cards to Politics & Prose
Group Prizes
First-Class Class: 30 minutes of extra recess
The class in each grade level with the highest class average of minutes read will win 30 minutes of extra recess!
Jet Setting School: Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character Day
If the enter school reads more than 200,000 minutes in total, students will have Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character Day