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Posted - 03/10/2010 04:36pm
Read-a-thon Encourages Love of Reading and Raises $8,000
book_1.jpgCragmont students spent the day on Feb 3 immersed in reading and listening to books during the second annual Read-a-thon.  Students also chose a book to keep from the abundant donated titles and received a commemorative bookplate.  To date, pledges totaling $8,000 have been turned in.  Said third grader Charlotte Worman: "I loved it!  There was peace and quiet, and I got to read all day!"  Classmate Ruby Levine agreed: "It was fun to read with my friends and wear pajamas to school.  It felt like a big sleepover!"