Read-a-thon
The Read-a-thon is a fun and interactive annual fundraiser that helps support and promote literacy for our students!
From November 2nd through November 15th, we’ll read our way across imaginary California highways, logging minutes, earning raffle tickets, and raising funds to support Cragmont’s academic programs, community events, and teacher mini-grants.
Thank you for fueling our students’ journey and supporting their love of reading!
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Here’s how to participate:
Read, Read, Read! Follow the map to track reading minutes so your student can earn their place in the raffle!
Invite family and friends to pledge money to support literacy at Cragmont! We hope students can raise at least $150. No amount is too small or too large!
Enjoy the various literacy events in the coming weeks.
Students earn prizes throughout the Readathon based on participation.
Earn more chances to be rewarded by meeting your goal for reading minutes, completing badges and collecting pledges.
Donations
99 PLEDGES
Corporate match participants are encouraged through to donate directly through Benevity.
Our school-wide goal is to raise $30,000 and we hope every student can raise at least $150 from their sponsors. Sponsors can include parents, grandparents, neighbors, parents’ Facebook Friends, piano teachers, and even students themselves! No amount is too small or too large!
Pledges and the reading log are returned to teachers OR email your child’s name, teacher, and the total number of minutes to vpfundraising@cragmont.org and mail the checks made out to "Cragmont Elementary PTA" to school at 830 Regal Road, Berkeley, CA 94708.
PLEASE RETURN BY THURS. NOV. 19 TO BE COUNTED FOR CLASS PRIZES
Cragmont PTA is a IRC 501(3)(c) non profit organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible. (Fed Tax ID: 23-7015673)
Community Events
Literacy Night @Cragmont MPR
Thurs Nov. 5, 5:30-7:30 pm
Thurs Nov. 5, 5:30-7:30 pm
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Join us at Cragmont for a celebration of literacy with our very own Ms. P. We'll have literacy crafts and stations for literacy games that students and caregivers can play together. There will be a book giveaway, prizes and a raffle. Dinner included.
Want to help make the magic happen?
Sign up to help set-up or clean-up here.
Book Fair & Teacher Read Aloud @ Pegasus on Solano
Sat. Nov. 7, 12-3 pm
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Sat. Nov. 7, 12-3 pm
Come hear teachers and faculty reading some of their favorite books aloud at this very special event. Pegasus will donate a percentage of all purchass to Cragmont from Nov, 2-8. You can also purchase items from teachers’ wish lists to be donated to our school.
Community Fundraiser Double Feature @
Mon. Nov. 16, 11 am – 9 pm
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Mon. Nov. 16, 11 am – 9 pm
Don’t miss this incredible team-up between Mrs. Dalloway’s (Nov 13-16) and 5 Tacos & Beers (Nov. 16). Both venues will donate 15% of all purchases to Cragmont. Plus they are right next door to each other! Come celebrate your dragon reader’s hard work and satisfy your craving for books and tacos.
Visiting Authors!
W. Kamau Bell and Adam Mansbach
Tues. Nov. 3, 10:30 am
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Tues. Nov. 3, 10:30 am
An ordinary game of rock, paper, scissors riotously goes off the rails in this rhyming, rollicking celebration of family and fun from two three-time dads (and east-bay locals): Peabody and Emmy award-winning producer and stand-up comedian W. Kamau Bell and mega-bestselling author Adam Mansbach. Rock, Paper, Scissors, Cheese is full of witty word-play and filled with fun for the whole family.
Sylvia Linsteadt
Thurs. Nov. 12, 11 am
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Thurs. Nov. 12, 11 am
Sylvia Linsteadt is an author, a scholar of ancient history and myth, and certified wildlife tracker from northern California, ancestral Coast Miwok territory. Her work—both fiction and non-fiction—is rooted in myth, ecology, ancient history, feminism & bioregionalism, and is devoted to broadening our human stories to include the voices of the living land. The Wild Folk and Wild Folk Rising are part of the Startgold Chronicles, a timeless young adult adventure duology, weaving fantasy and folklore into an enchanting tale that will fill you with wonder.
Julia Moss
Tues Nov. 10, 1:15 pm
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Tues Nov. 10, 1:15 pm
Julia Moss is a children's book author and educator who lives in Berkeley with her family. After attending UC Berkeley and Mills College, Julia taught at Malcolm X Elementary for many years before becoming a teacher coach. She dreams up story ideas while wandering by foot, bike, and train. Wanderers is her first picture book. You can order a signed copy for your child to take home (please write MOSS in the comments section at checkout as well as any personalization details)!
Anne Richardson
Fri. Nov. 13, 1:15 pm
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Fri. Nov. 13, 1:15 pm
Anne Richardson is an author of experiences that kindle your curiosity. In her work, everything in the world is astonishing and worthy of our attention, from a drop of rain to the way we figure things out together. She is the Chief Experience Officer at the Exploratorium, where she oversees the Pier 15 experience and the Exploratorium's global portfolio. Richardson holds a PhD and an MS in environmental studies from Antioch University New England, and a BA in art history from Northwestern University. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
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