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Bluebag Media
Ansonia students meet
challenge, get reward
ANSONIA – “Are you ready?” Yeah!! “Are you teachers ready?” Not exactly
silence, but the drop in noise level was deafening…
Once again, Ansonia elementary school kids were given a summer reading
challenge. Once again they exceeded it. Their reward? They got to see
ALL their teachers drop down an inflatable 15-foot (appx.) slide. The
teachers seemed a little nervous, but they didn’t disappoint.
“Climb up! Climb up! Climb up…” the kids chanted as teachers pulled on
the rope and grabbed footholds to climb up the slide. Later the chant
changed to the names of the teachers.
Ansonia Elementary Principal Krista Stump said their goal to avoid the
“Summer Slide” (and drop their teachers down the slide) was 900 hours
of reading. They turned in 1,089 hours of reading. This was the fourth
year of the annual challenge. In 2012 students read 752 hours, 788 in
2013 and 905 in 2014. Every year the goal was exceeded.
“Next summer we’re going to be raising that bar a little bit higher,”
Stump told the students. “Okay?” Yeah! “Okay??” Yeah!!!
Once all teachers, including Stump, had dropped down the slide,
students went back to their classrooms. They got their turns on the
slide during their “Specials” throughout the day...
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