Snapshots of Visiting Author Kathryn Erskine's Visit

Guam IRA Read-A-Thon 2011 "Read To Succeed"

Guam IRA will be Launching Read-A-Thon 2011 "Read To Succeed" this year at Ordot-Chalan Pago Elementary School’s Cafeteria on February 5, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

IRA Read-A-Thon 2011 CALENDAR OF EVENTS


FEBRUARY 5, 2011
Saturday

Read-A-Thon 2011 "Read To Succeed"

Kick-Off

Ordot-Chalan Pago Elementary Cafeteria

8:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.

FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Wednesday

Turn in Pledge Cards and Money to Teachers

(ON-TIME MONEY IS DUE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR

TOP 10 STUDENT PRIZES ISLAND-WIDE)

FEBRUARY 18, 2011
Friday

5th Annual Writing / Poster Contest Entries DUE

MARCH 12, 2011
Saturday

Read-A-Thon 2011 "Read To Succeed"

Winners will be announced at the Sheraton Hotel

Read-A-Thon 2011 "Read To Succeed" Student, Teacher, and IRA Representative Prizes and Guidelines .

Click on the image above to view this year's IRA Read-A-Thon student prizes.

Click on the image above to view this year's IRA Read-A-Thon School Representative/Teacher prizes.

Click on the image above to view this year's IRA Read-A-Thon School Representative/Teacher Guidelines.

National Book Award Winner Erskine will be January Keynote Speaker

Kathryn Erskine, 2010 National Book Award winning author of Mockingbird, will be the speaker at the January meeting of the Guam Council of the International Reading Association at the Sheraton Laguna Resort on January 15, 2011, from 8:00 am to 11:00 am.

She will be traveling from Charlottesville, Virginia to share her "SASSy" writing tips, how to "Snag your reader, Act your character, Show your story, and Shake your world". School visits are Tuesday, January 18 to Friday, January, 21. A teacher workshop and a teen writing workshop are also scheduled. Call Cyndy at 789-1996 for more information.