Read-A-Thon 2025

PS20 Reads! 

The PS20 Read-A-Thon seeks to encourage a love of reading in our students through friendly, collaborative competition. Between March 14 - 21, students and families will be asked to record every minute the student spends reading outside of school on the For Our School portal (and hard copy paper logs will be available for students and families who would prefer pen & paper tracking). We also encourage you to use the For Our School portal to request donations from friends and family to support school-wide literacy programs.

Thank you students, families and teachers for making the first PS20 Reads! Read-a-thon an astounding success!

The level of excitement and commitment from the students was incredible - over 430 students participated! All together, the students of PS20 read 127,831 minutes and raised over $18,000 for the library and literacy programs. Read-a-thon may be over but let’s keep this enthusiasm for reading going! Students can continue to add to the book title tree display in the main hallway and look out for a new suggestion box where they can tell us what books they want for the library. Congratulations to all! 

Most Well-Read Classes per Grade

  • 3K - Augustin/Lynn

  • PK - Bostick/Pena

  • Kindergarten - Denoon

  • Grade 1 - Gibbons

  • Grade 2 - Parker

  • Grade 3 - Kukaj / O'Reilly

  • Grade 4 - Benatouil

  • Grade 5 - Dixon

    • Use the link or QR code to sign up each of your students on ForOurSchool.org

    • Through ForOurSchool.org, send at least two (2) emails to friends and family to support your reader.

    • Get some books!

      • Library Committee will host a book giveaway on the morning of Friday, March 14 outside the school’s main entrance

      • Read e-books on Sora on your tablet, phone or computer

      • Find your local Brooklyn Public Library

      • All PS20 students get an automatic 10% discount at Greenlight Books (no ID required, just mention PS20 at the register)

    • 📖 Students can read independently or with an adult

    • Only time spent reading outside of the regular school day counts.

    • Audiobooks don’t count, either — sorry!

    • 🔏 Log the minutes read - in your child’s account on ForOurSchool.org or on the paper log

  • The Read-a-Thon committee will monitor donation requests sent via the “For Our School” website and minutes recorded by each student. Paper reading logs will be backpacked home the week prior and will need to be turned in to teachers at the end.

    🏆 ALL STUDENTS who send at least two (2) donation-request emails will get a Read-a-Thon bag tag as a participation prize.

    🍨 The CLASS in each grade with the most reading minutes will win an icey cart party!

    🎉 The INDIVIDUAL STUDENT in each grade with the most reading minutes will win a gift certificate at Greenlight Books (thank you, Greenlight!)

Thanks for supporting our efforts to promote literacy at PS 20!