Reading Contest Starts Friday

Veneta Elementary’s Annual Reading Contest and Celebration kicks off on Friday, March 6th with an appearance by the Eugene Emerald’s mascot Sluggo in a schoolwide assembly at 1:30 PM.

Our Reading Celebration runs from March 6th through March 18th. There will be lots of activities focused on reading going on at the school including a reading recess each day, making bookmarks at lunch, sharing favorite books from staff members, guest readers, and a school wide read in.

The highlight of our Reading Celebration is our Reading Contest. Each student is asked to read each day and track their reading on the tally sheet that will come home on Friday. Each grade level has set a goal for the number of minutes each student should read. Every student who meets that goal will receive a two tickets to a Eugene Emerald’s baseball game. The student in each classroom who reads the most minutes will receive a gift certificate to the Spring Book Fair in April. Students can read books or newspapers or magazines. They can also have parents or siblings read to them. Or they can read to a sibling or parent. Every student who returns their Tally sheet will receive an “I Love Reading” pencil. Tally sheets are due March 19th.