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Grayson Kelm

Mooney

Dear Friends and Family,

I am participating in the Happy Valley Elementary School "Read Around the World" Read-A-Thon! I am excited to use this opportunity to learn about other countries and cultures while raising money for my school.

Will you help me reach my goal of $100 and 450 minutes?

I would appreciate it (and so would my 450 schoolmates) if you could help support me.

Thanks in advance!

About this fundraiser:

Grab your passport, it's time for this year's annual Read-a-Thon!

Because of your support last year, we not only exceeded our fundraising goal but our students read a combined total of over 101,000 minutes! We hope you have seen a direct impact of your contributions this year as we have been able to fund multiple in-house field trips and a range of new books for the library!

This year we would love to be able to provide teachers with regular opportunities to participate in lesson studies and learning walks, allowing them to learn and grow together as they implement the latest research-based strategies in classrooms. This structured professional development significantly impacts teacher efficacy and student achievement. We also plan to continue to stock the library shelves with new books and bring in as many opportunities for field trips as we can!

We are looking to you, our community, to help encourage our students to read and learn about other cultures while raising money for our school. Through either flat-rate or per-minute* donations, we can reach our school-wide goal of $25,000 and 100,000 minutes. To motivate our students, we have an incredible list of sponsors who have donated prizes that will give every child who participates in the read-a-thon a chance to win!

We will be sending home packets with all of the information you and your student need in order to be successful. We thank you for your help and support of our school!