7
Apr
2012
Peoria and Pekin Intermediate “Stick to Reading”
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After the huge Stick to Reading success last year at Kishwaukee Elementary, Kyle Hagel couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make it happen again with his new team, the Peoria Rivermen. Kyle approached many schools in the area but found Pekin Intermediate School to be the most excited and raring to go. After speaking to Principal Matt Green, Kyle was ready to make this year’s program as much of a success as year’s.
The program was run with ten different 6th grade classrooms, making for a group of over 200 kids. The top two readers from each class were granted the opportunity to play ball hockey with the Rivermen. Twenty kids played two halves alongside the professionals coming out with a 7-7 final. The kids were sweating, running around and enjoying every moment of the game. Principal Green was ecstatic about the outcome and the amount of reading the kids were able to accomplish in the small amount of time.
Parents were also in attendance and thought it was an amazing time for their children. Also watching the finale were the school’s Literacy Leaders. The Literacy Leaders track the progress of all the kids in the school and were overly impressed with how involved the kids were. The Peoria organization made reading fun for the kids and the whole school was able to benefit from the interaction during the ball hockey game.
Take a moment to watch the Riverman and the Pekin students here in their summary of this year’s Stick to Reading.
Peoria Rivermen and Pekin Intermediate School Stick to Reading
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