HomeMy WebLinkAbout07.29.2021 Unger Memorial Summer Reading Program Award Winners
City of Plainview NEWS
901 Broadway St.
Plainview, TX 79072
August 3, 2021
City of Plainview’s Unger Memorial
Library Announces Summer
Reading Challenge Award Winners
The City of Plainview’s Unger Memorial Library announced the winners of the Tails &
Tales Summer Reading Challenge last week.
The challenge was divided into several different categories including Pre-School, Early
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Readers (Kindergarten – 3), Middle Readers (3 – 6), Middle School (6 – 8), High
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School (9 – 12) and Adults. Pre-school participants completed the challenge reading
272 books as a group and the others (including adults) read a total of 64,256 minutes,
the equivalent of 44 days and 14 hours or 1,070 hours and 56 minutes.
Top Readers Included:
Overall / Most Outstanding Reader in Plainview
Sophia Moore
Preschool
Granger Shackleford – 98 books
Early Readers (K-3)
Stella Perez – Read 3,295 minutes (54 hours, 55 minutes)
Middle Readers (3-6)
Sophia Moore – Read 11,790 minutes (196 hours, 30 minutes)
Middle School (6-8)
Montana Moore – Read 11,040 minutes (184 hours)
High School (9-12)
Kira Farnsworth – Read 5,710 minutes (95 hours, 10 minutes)
Adult Reading Challenge
Emilia Moore – Read 3,300 minutes (55 hours)
The goals for time read in each category during the challenge is Kindergarten through
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3 grade - 15 minutes daily, grades 3 – 6 – 30 minutes daily, grades 6 – 8 - 45
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minutes daily and grades 9 -12 – 60 minutes daily and adults 90 minutes per day.
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The Reading Challenge began on Tuesday, June 1 and concluded on Friday, July 16.
The Challenge was based on the time spent reading, not the number of books read.
Contributors to the Summer Reading Program include Friends of the Unger Memorial
Library – underwriters for the program each summer, Eastern New Mexico State
University, West Texas Libraries, McDonalds, Taco Bell and Whataburger.
For more information about the Library, please call 806-296-1149.
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