Book Travelers

At the start of this academic year, in August of 2011, the Cleveland Middle School Library Media Center challenged the entire student body to become “Book Travelers”. This reading incentive program was optional and to date we have had over 149 blogs on our blogsite of books students have read and enjoyed.

Our tracking map of the world is online. Students were asked to read books of their own choosing and received 2 book miles per page and a book prize whenever they reached a new continent.

We are proud to announce this year’s winners of our 2011-2012 Book Travelers medals. All three of our winners have read voraciously and for the first time all three have made it at least one time around the world with their reading book miles!

• Roshan, in Mrs. Riggins’ homeroom made it from Cleveland, Tennessee all the way around the world earning a grand total of: 27,473 book miles!

• Megan, in Mrs. Burn’s homeroom has also made it all the way around the world! She left Cleveland, Tennessee, landed in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America and returned to Cleveland only to began her journey again, having earned: 28,620 book miles!

• Mark, in Mr. Miles’ homeroom has made it all the way around the world twice, and is well into his third trip! He has traveled an impressive 56,093 book miles! That means Mark has read over 28,000 pages! The highest earner since the beginning of this reading incentive program seven years ago!