Parkview Middle School Top School in Winter Read to Achieve Session
February 13, 2024 - NBA G League (G League)
Iowa Wolves News Release
DES MOINES, Iowa - Parkview Middle School in Ankeny is the winning school for the winter session of Read to Achieve, the Iowa Wolves and Athene announced today.
Parkview had the highest percentage of students complete the winter reading challenge of more than 500 minutes with nearly 250,000 total minutes. Parkview will receive the Read to Achieve trophy, a pizza party for the school hosted by Northern Lights Pizza and an appearance by Iowa's favorite mascot, Alpha. In addition, every student who completed the goal was rewarded with an Iowa Wolves prize pack that included a bookmark, drawstring backpack, pencil and two free tickets to an Iowa Wolves home game this season.
"We're thrilled for Parkview who is a first-time winner of Read to Achieve!" said Drew Van Meeteren, Iowa Wolves President of Business Operations. "We can't wait to reward their students and staff with pizza from our official pizza party provider Northern Lights Pizza, all the fun at a Wolves game this season and cool swag for all their hard work."
"We want to extend our congratulations to all of the students and schools who participated in this year's Read to Achieve program," said Amanda Carstens Steward, Senior Vice President and Head of Marketing at Athene. "We take pride at Athene in our commitment to supporting students in pursuit of their academic and life goals. Reading opens a whole new world of educational outcomes and success for children, and we can't wait to see what this year's participants achieve on their education journeys. We know their future is bright!"
The Wolves and Athene look forward to continuing a love for reading with students with Read to Achieve returning for the 2024-25 school year. More details for next year's Read to Achieve will be shared at a later date.
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