Hamilton County’s Read 20 Program is dedicated to creating a strong community of readers by promoting the importance of reading with children at least 20 minutes a day or more, officials said.
This year, eight elementary schools participated with 1,417 students reading above and beyond what is expected within the course of a school day; reading one million or more words during the 2015-2016 academic year.
The 2015-2016 Millionaire Reader Recognition will be presented to the students, parents, and faculty of Ganns Middle Valley Elementary on Monday at 8:30 a.m.
"This spring Ganns MV Elementary will celebrate the success of 100% of their student body for reading independently or with a committed adult outside the school classroom instruction. The students and their families have made concerted efforts to read a minimum of 20 minutes or greater every day for the entire academic year. These students and their families are engaged in their education by making reading every day," officials said.
The Scotty Probasco Literacy Award is being awarded to Ganns Elementary with a check of $10,000 from private donors to be used for resources in their new library.
Officials said since 2006, Read 20 has distributed over 960,980 books (valued at $1,162,785.80). The Read 20 program has interacted with over 528,158 children (facilitating over 28,158 hours of read aloud interaction with children), confirmed at least 47,401 adults reading with children every day and provided resources and training for 2,669 teachers in area schools and early child care facilities.