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3,181 Miles: GCS Reaches Roadmap 2 Reading Goal
How far can you travel in just 20 minutes a day? All the way to the City by the Bay. That's exactly what GCS students did in just nine months since the launch of Roadmap 2 Reading , the district's 2013 literacy effort challenging all students to read 20 minutes per day outside of the classroom.
At State of Our Schools on Thursday, Superintendent Maurice "Mo" Green announced that the district had reached its destination of San Francisco, Calif., a city 3,114 miles away from the starting point of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
How did we get there? Simple: Students reported their time spent reading as miles traveled, with one minute read equaling one mile traveled. The total minutes were divided by the number of students to get an average distance per student. Green announced Thursday that GCS students traveled a distance of 3,181 miles and read a total of 222,670,354 minutes.
"Our students accomplished an amazing feat by reading more than 220 million minutes last year," says Green. "But more importantly, they made reading a daily habit, which benefits every student, regardless of age, grade or skill."
Schools embraced the premise of Roadmap 2 Reading in creative ways. At Jefferson Elementary, students strived to reach individual reading goals and earn an 85 percent or better on their Accelerated Reader tests. Those who did earned a gold medal and the title of Champion Reader. Several of those students helped share the district's achievement on Thursday. Jefferson also was a Roadmap 2 Reading champion: Students there traveled 12,237 miles.
The Roadmap 2 Reading challenge followed successful campaigns for students to read One Million, Two Million and Three Million Books. Over the course of those three years, GCS students read nearly eight million books. Continuing the school-to-home reading connection was one of the 2016 Strategic Plan goals .
Where will the district go from here? The next phase of Roadmap 2 Reading will be announced soon.