Read & Dream Program

Read & Dream Team

Since 1993, the Strandwood Read & Dream Team, supplemented by the Senior Citizen Read & Dream Team Buddy Program, has been designed to encourage reading among our students.

Reading minute goals are established by grade level; children log in their minutes and turn in their log sheets to receive recognition when goals are reached.

The Principal and Staff are heavily involved in promoting the program. In fact, Strandwood was awarded $5,000 for two consecutive years (1999-2000, 2001-02) by the Governor's Reading Award Program for reading over a million pages each year.

The Read and Dream Team is also supported by our community. Read and Dream was awarded a $1,000 grant from the Foundation for Pleasant Hill Education for the academic year of 2011-2012.

2011-2012 Read & Dream Coordinators: Jennie Dye , Lisa Hutchinson, Katherine Bracken, Ji Standish

Read & Dream Team - Program Details

If you have questions PLEASE contact us at readanddream@strandwood.org

Purpose: To encourage kids to read outside of school.
What Counts: All outside of school reading - books, magazines, comics, homework, everything!
What Type Of Reading: All reading – silent reading, reading aloud to someone, or someone reading aloud to the student.
Record: All out of school reading minutes.
Program Duration: The first day of school through May of each school year (9 months).
Due Dates: Completed reading logs are generally due on the last Friday of the month. Awards are handed out on the following Friday. Click here to see the Due Dates and Awards Schedule. You can also find reminders in the Roadrunner.
Awards: The first time a student reaches their grade level goal, they receive a certificate and ribbon, and their picture is displayed in the multi-use room. Subsequent times the grade level goal is met, the student earns a book (new and used books will be available each month). One book per month per student maximum.