OVERVIEW
On Sunday, January 7th, our Cove School Readathon 2024 will officially launch. Emails will be sent out through the 99Pledges website that day, so students may start immediately seeking pledges or donations online from friends and family to reach their goal (We ask that each child raise $175).
We want to thank you in advance for helping us make Readathon 2024 a rousing success! Please read with your child and share out their unique fundraising link with family and friends!
Our PTO pays for many of the things you and your child have come to expect, need, and cherish from our school. You may be surprised how much the PTO pays for: professional development for teachers, instructional materials, classroom supplies and equipment, furniture, PE and playground equipment, campus events, parent education, campus improvements and much, much, more!
This is our only PTO fundraiser, and we must raise over 50% of the PTO’s annual budget to function.
IMPORTANT DATES
January 12 | Kick off Readathon School Assembly and Minute Tracking begins at 3pm!
January 16 | Bring in books to donate for the Book Swap (The PTO will be collecting kids books starting Tuesday, Jan 16-18)
January 18 | Week 1 Minute Tracking ends at 6pm. Enter Week 1 minutes by 8pm. Week 2 Tracking begins at 6pm.
January 19 | Week 1 Assembly: Raffle | Dress as your Favorite Story Book Character Day | Book Swap (On Friday, Jan 19th, students will choose a few books to take home with them).
January 22 | Bedtime Story via Zoom with Principal Michelle Walker
January 25 | Week 2 Minute Tracking ends at 6pm. Enter Week 2 minutes by 8pm.
January 26 | Week 2 Assembly: Raffle | Guest Author Susan B. Katz | Pajama Day
January 30 | Donation Collection ends at 11:59pm
February 2 | Final Awards Readathon School Assembly
GUEST AUTHOR
Our guest author Susan B Katz will be joining us on Friday, January 26th.
Below is the schedule of her visit.
8:20- 9:05, Grades K-2: Mindfulness
9:30-10:15, Grades 3-5: Famous people like RBG & Frida for 3-5, including how to research and write an important person report
10:20-10:50 - Book Signing in Gallery during snack recess
Click here for more information on the author and the books she'll share on her visit.
Important Links
How it Works
Each student should read or be read to for at least 20 minutes per day. This is the same as the regular reading homework goal. Total minutes for the week will be captured via Google Forms. Specific information on how to report minutes is detailed under Minute Tracking below.
If each student finishes their regular reading requirement each week and has at least 1 sponsor, they will be entered into the weekly raffle.
Prizes
We will have exciting and incentivizing prizes for our children this year. While we must raise our minimum goal, we also want to do this in the vein of Cove community spirit. Our Readathon strives to include all our readers, so there are many ways to win for the classes, individuals, and teachers 1) by minutes read 2) by most donations raised.
Read & Raise for your chance to WIN:
Book Passage Gift Card
Squishamellow
Amazon Gift Card
Movie/Popcorn Party
Popsicle Party
Kindle
Pokemon Cards
Baseball Cards
Reading Light
Principal for a Day
...and more!
The Readathon will continue The Cove School’s green initiative with the online donation website. This will streamline the collection process and help students reach a broader audience. You will receive a custom link to your child’s web page, which you can share with family and friends directly or via social media to solicit donations.
If you wish to personally solicit donations by cash or check, we will still have an option to deposit envelopes in the Readathon Box (in the Cove office). Please note collection ends on January 30th at 11:59 PM.
Minute Tracking
For this year's Readathon, we will be capturing total minutes read via Google Forms. An individual form must be completed for each child participating.
Week TWO:
From Thursday, January 18th 6:00 PM - Thursday, January 25th 6:00 PM
Submit minutes for Week TWO with this Google Form.
To allow time to tabulate minutes and assign prizes each week, the cut off for entering hours is 8:00 PM.
Due Dates
All donations (online or cash/check) must be received by 11:59 PM on January 30th.
Minute tracking beings on January 12th (our kick off assembly) and ends on January 28th.
During our closing assembly, we will announce the final winners.
Payment
Online payments can be made via your child’s unique 99Pledges link by credit card.
Donations by check or cash may be made in the office. Checks should be made out to: The Cove School PTO.
Ways You Can Help
Post and share your child’s 99Pledges page with family and friends via your social media—think Facebook and Instagram!
Help your child ask family, friends, neighbors, or coworkers to donate by sending a link to their custom 99Pledges page.
Encourage your child to read, read, and read some more!
Encourage your child to write notes to thank family and friends who sponsored them.
Honesty! While it’s tempting for students to inflate the number of minutes read, we hope parents can use this as a valuable opportunity to teach the importance of honest, hard work.
Thank you for your Support! Contact us at Readathon@covepto.org.