WINNERS OF THE School Department’s Summer Reading Challenge received their prizes at Tuesday’s School Committee meeting. Joining School Superintendent Kim Smith and School Committee Chairman Kate Morgan are Reading Challenge winners Dolbeare first-grader Charlie Richter, Greenwood first-grader Alexandra Baumhardt, Walton first-grader Taylor Miller, Woodville second-grader Serena Loh, Galvin Middle School fifth-grader MaKenzie McConnell and Wakefield Memorial High School ninth-grader Brian Mendes. (Mark Sardella Photos)
Published in the September 24, 2015 edition
By MARK SARDELLA
WAKEFIELD — Winners of the School Department’s Summer Reading Challenge and Summer Math Challenge were recognized for their accomplishments by Superintendent Dr. Kim Smith, the School Committee and the community at this week’s School Committee Meeting.
Superintendent Smith and School Committee Chairman Kate Morgan presented the awards on Tuesday before a packed WCAT studio, starting with the Math Challenge winners.
“These are students who kept up with their math over the summer,” Smith said. Using an online program, for every five hours that students put into math this summer they received a raffle ticket, Smith explained. A drawing was held by each school at the end of the summer.
“The more math you did, the better your chances of winning,” Smith said, “so I suspect that these students did a lot of math.”
WINNERS OF THE School Department’s Summer Math Challenge received their prizes at Tuesday’s School Committee meeting. Joining School Superintendent Kim Smith and School Committee Chairman Kate Morgan are Math Challenge winners Galvin Middle School eighth-grader Willem Hendriks, Walton School third-grader Kayla Timas, Woodville School second-grader Isaac Melo, Greenwood School second-grader Alyson Graham and Dolbeare first-grader Alexandra Cannon.
The winners of the Summer Math Challenge were Galvin Middle School eighth-grader Willem Hendriks, Walton School third-grader Kayla Timas, Woodville School second-grader Isaac Melo, Greenwood School second-grader Alyson Graham and Dolbeare first-grader Alexandra Cannon.
The prizes for the Math Challenge winners included a Color Sudoku game and an Amazon gift card.
The Summer Reading Challenge winners, Smith explained, were students who read the most books and submitted the most reviews over the summer.
“They not only had to read a book,” she said, “they had to write a review. So that’s a lot of work. That’s good reading and good writing.”
The winners of the Summer Reading Challenge were Dolbeare first-grader Charlie Richter, Greenwood first-grader Alexandra Baumhardt, Walton first-grader Taylor Miller, Woodville second-grader Serena Loh, Galvin Middle School fifth-grader MaKenzie McConnell and Wakefield Memorial High School ninth-grader Brian Mendes.
Each of the Summer Reading Challenge winners was given a new Chromebook computer.
The other part of the challenge over the summer, Smith said, was students reading and submitting book reviews. She announced that 8,425 book reviews were submitted district-wide. Including pre-K students, Smith said, Wakefield students read 14,197 books this summer.
As a reward for of the students who contributed, Smith announced, there would be a district-wide “No-homework Day” on a date to be announced.
