• The Read-A-Thon is a chance to cultivate a joy for reading, while raising money for the Dallas Campus. This years funds will go towards bleachers and basketball goals for our new gym! Students will earn participation prizes each week for reading and submitting minutes read. Students will also seek donations from friends and family, and will be awarded prizes for the donations made in their name.

  • Students will be reading books for bucks from October 24-November 14. Every Friday, minutes read (Friday-Thursday) should be calculated and turned in online. All donations from students and matching donors should be turned in by November 14.

    Submission Dates: Oct. 31, Nov. 7, & Nov. 14

  • This service project, like any other, will involve sacrifice.

    ENCOURAGE your kiddos to read by setting aside specific times for reading.

    BRAINSTORM ways to earn money towards your student's pledge goal and help RECRUIT individual donors to match the student's pledge.

    The campus will have incentives that will encourage participation, but you too can get creative in how YOUR FAMILY can participate from home with your own incentives or rewards. Have fun with this as a family!

  • EVERY FRIDAY, between October 24 and November 14, weekly minutes should be calculated and turned in online. Students will receive prizes for the minutes turned in each Friday.

    *Late minutes will NOT be accepted.  Please only turn in minutes for the current week.

    *Minutes should be totaled from Friday- Thursday. This should allow parents to submit minutes earlier in the day on Friday, and hopefully reduce missed submissions.

    *Please enter minutes as a numerical number, not per hour.  (Ex: 106, not 106 minutes or 1 hour and six minutes)

  • Students calculate minutes read for individual reading, reading to or from a parent.  Minutes calculated at school and required school books do not count towards minutes read.

    **Audio books are ONLY allowed for PK-1st grade.

  • ONLY PK-1st grade students can count audio books toward minute totals, unless you have received previous permission from school administration.

  • No, students cannot count required school books/reading toward their minutes read.  Minutes read in class will also NOT be counted towards students minutes

  • All pledges and matching donations need to be collected by November 14. The money can be donated online OR by a check made payable to CDA Dallas PTF. Checks can be dropped off at the school office.

    All donations need a student’s name in order to count towards a student’s total raised.

  • We are here to help! All Read-A-Thon documents are linked under Helpful Documents on the CDA Readathon website. Don’t hesitate to reach out to the Read-A-Thon committee at dallasreadathon@gmail.com with any questions that come up along the way.

TIPS & TRICKS

Find helpful tips from past years!

*Timer bookmarks can help children keep track of their own minutes.

*Set an alarm for Fridays to help you remember to submit minutes.

*Keep a book in the car to get extra minutes during drives or errands.

*Set family incentives! One example is to set minute goals with rewards (i.e. 500 minutes=ice cream, 700 minutes= pizza and ice cream) Another idea is to award student’s for dollars pledged or number of matching donors!