Hicksville fifth grade students under the guidance of Hicksville teachers Maureen McMorrow and Jaclyn Svaral at Lee Avenue Elementary School recently won a pizza party lunch for their successful participation in The Learning A-Z Star Donation Challenge through the reading website Raz-Kids. Raz-Kids is an interactive online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books, and reading quizzes that allows students to read anytime, anywhere.
As the student’s completed challenges throughout the four-week reading event that took place from Oct. 9 through Nov. 3 they earned over 400,000 stars. Through the challenge, they earned more stars than any other class in New York state and saw firsthand the power of their hard work and the reward of giving back. For example, 4,000 stars was equal to one healthy snack, 11,000 stars was equal to one healthy meal, 4,000 stars was equal to 10 days of clean water and 11,000 stars was equal to 30 days of clean water, 4,000 stars was equal to school supplies and 11,000 stars would help build a school.
Those stars were donated to the nonprofit organization UNICEF and will make a real-world impact by providing healthy meals, clean water and school supplies to communities in need around the world.
Hicksville Superintendent Dr. Ted Fulton surrounded by Lee Avenue fifth graders after they enjoyed a pizza party lunch for their successful participation in a recent reading challenge that benefitted UNICEF.