And the 2021 WOW! Reading Challenge Champions are…
(April 20, 2021) Onwards and upwards, we go! Although the 2021 Wow Reading Challenge, like all things in 2020-2021, was influenced by COVID-19, the WOW! Reading Challenge had great participation. Huge congratulations, and thank you is extended – to all of the schools and students and staff who continue to participate in this literacy program. Over 32, 077 books were read by elementary students and over 1.6 million pages were read by Middle and High School level readers (1,606,760)! This past year, 2117 students participated in the WOW! Reading Challenge in 14 schools.
The winners of the 2021 World Literacy Championship are:
Home School Champion………………..…………Angela’s Home School
To learn more, please visit our website, www.fightingcrime.ca, or contact John Kennedy, Coordinator for the Adopt-a-Library Literacy Program.
To register, for any school or preschool who wishes to register in Antigonish and Pictou Counties, please contact Karen MacNeill (
The Reading Challenge is hosted by the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library through a partnership with local policing agencies, schools, and community sponsors.
Media Contact:
John Kennedy, RCMP (retired), M.O.M., P.H.F.
Coordinator, Adopt-a-Library Literacy Program
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library
www.parl.ns.ca
1-902-755-6031 (work)
1-902-754-2114 (cell)
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