Wheatland students awarded for their reading skills

Times Reporter

 

Wheatland Elementary School awarded the top readers out of the Grade 4, 5 and 6 classes, as a part of the Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation and the Calgary Flames ‘ Reading… Give it a Shot Program’.

“The program began January 10 and finished this past Monday, March 14, and for the 63 days in between students tracked the minutes they read. For each 100 minutes they have read, they are rewarded with a bookmark with one of the Flames players on it,” said Gillian Zandee, a teacher at Wheatland. 

There were a total of 24 bookmarks the kids could earn, and thanks to the help of the Parent Council and donations the school was able to award the top readers. All of the kids who participated also had a chance to be in the draw for two different sets of Calgary Flames tickets. 

“Once again our results have been fantastic,” said Principal Kevin Lane. 

Wheatland has been participating in Reading… Give it a Shot for more than 10 years, and Zandee said the kids have read an amazing number of minutes. The top reader in each class was given a $25 Chapters gift card. The most improved reader, Payton Vogel, was given a Flames jersey, a Flames hat and two tickets to a game. 

The top three readers overall were Kendra Teunissen, Rachel Huhn and Brook McMurray. Teunissen was given a Flames t-Shirt and magnet set for third place. Huhn won a Flames Heritage Classic jersey for second place, and McMurray won a signed Curtis Glencross official Flames Jersey. Chelsey Nelson’s name was picked to win two tickets to the March 30 Flames game, and Cameron McInnis won three tickets to the April 6 game against the Edmonton Oilers.