Participating Schools

Uplands Catholic School reaches milestone

2010-06-23T18:27:11Z

Congratulations to staff and students of Uplands Catholic School for their fundraising efforts and exceeding their goal of $500 towards the "OK Clean Water Project" in Cameroon. Principal Sue McCarthy kept her promise - if they reached their target amount she would kiss a pot-bellied pig at their wrap-up assembly! She confided later that his nose was quite wet but she definitely enjoyed kissing him more than the python!

Centennial Public School raises $450 in recent Read-a-thon!

2010-05-13T13:45:40Z

At Centennial Public School, students participating in the Kiwanis Read-a-thon raised funds that will be sent directly to the Central Asia Institute that help build schools in villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Each regular sized class had to read 100 hours (smaller classes 50 hours) in order to build their part of schoolhouse.

Congratulations to the students who raised $450 in pledges!

Cambridge Street Public School reaches a new milestone

2010-04-27T14:47:56Z

Congratulations to students at Cambridge Street Public School who participated in their Kiwanis Read-a-thon during mid-April by reaching a new milestone! A total of 1954 books were read, surpassing the amount from 2009! What an achievement!!

Read-a-thon comes to Uplands Catholic School

2010-03-30T18:33:22Z

Many exciting things are happening as Uplands Catholic School launches their Read-a-thon on April 6th! A tree sprouting books mysteriously grew over the weekend in the front lobby of the school. Teachers, library technician and principal have many activities planned over the next 3 weeks.

As part of their fundraising efforts, they will be dedicating the funds raised to the "OK Clean Water Project" in Cameroon and IF they reach their target goal of $500, Mrs. Sue McCarthy, principal, will bravely kiss the "lips" of either a python or a pig. Over the course of the next few days, the children will have the chance to vote which set of lips Mrs. M. will kiss!

15 Ottawa schools, 12 Out of Town schools are now registered for 2010!

2010-02-25T14:30:00Z

As of mid-February, 15 local Ottawa schools and 12 Out-of-town schools have either run or will be running their Read-a-thons! That means over 4100 local and 5400 out-of-town kids reading!!

Log on today and complete the registration for step-by-step implementation materials to get your school involved!

Any questions, drop us a note.

Registration has started for 2009/2010

2009-09-01T23:51:31Z

The Kiwanis Read-a-thon is an exciting literacy-improvement activity is dedicated to contributing to the development of lifelong literacy skills by enhancing and promoting student reading in elementary schools. This web site brings together all the elements you’ll need to run a successful Read-a-thon in your school, from backpack handouts to classroom fun.

We’re sure you are going to catch “Read-a-thon fever” and jump-start even more enthusiasm for reading in your school by launching a Read-a-thon of your own!

Please take a few minutes to learn more about the Kiwanis Read-a-thon in the School Guide - 612 kb

Over 200 Participating Schools 2008/2009

2009-08-07T02:48:11Z

To date we have over 200 schools from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.

Participating Schools from 5 Countries in 2007/2008

2008-12-31T05:35:00Z

For 2008 there was a total of 198 schools! Canada 161 United States 27 Philippines 3 Thailand 3

Participating Schools 2006/2007

2007-09-02T01:00:00Z

Thanks to the power of the Internet, in Year Four the Kiwanis Read-a-thon expanded internationally to 18,352 students in 73 schools from 6 countries.

Participating Schools 2005/2006

2006-09-02T01:00:00Z

Entering Year Three, the Kiwanis Read-a-thon enjoyed another successful year with Ottawa-area schools, as well as new participation from other areas, including Calgary, Alberta, and the United States.