Welcome to the 2026 Read-A-Thon!

The Read-A-Thon will last 2 weeks, starting Sunday, March 1st thru Sunday, March 15th.

The goal of the Read-A-Thon is to encourage and inspire our kids to read as much as possible during the week, while raising funds for our school. It gives them an opportunity to help support the programs they love and achieve goals together as a class.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:

STEP 1:

We encourage your child to read for 30 minutes a day, whether independently or with a grown-up. The Read-A-Thon Checklist is a way to help readers try something new! Aim for completing 5 tasks on the checklist. This should be turned into your teacher by Wednesday, March 18th for a chance to be entered in a raffle! A copy can be found here (pdf, docx).

STEP 2:

Each class has a goal set on their classes fundraising page.  Links to the your child’s class page are listed https://secure.frontstream.com/mns-read-a-thon-2026.  Additionally, we have an event goal of $35,000.  Invite friends and family to donate towards your child’s success by sharing their class pages.  Sample emails have been created here (pdf, docx).  Class prizes are available to recognize their accomplishments!

STEP 3:

Sit back and watch your children become life-long readers! If the school hits our goal of raising $35,000 ($75 a child) OR we have 85% school participation we will have a huge schoolwide surprise!  We also have exciting prizes each week for participation by class and grade!

Don’t Forget!!!

Monday, March 2nd —Official Read-A-Thon Kick Off!
Dress as your favorite book character or in any MNS Gear!

Questions? Email info@mnspta.org

Thank you in advance for making this Read-A-Thon a success!!