San Diego Gulls Launch Reading Is the Goal Program to Encourage Literacy
Published on April 5, 2018 under American Hockey League (AHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Gulls announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has launched Reading is the Goal, a free program to all fourth-grade students in San Diego. Reading is the Goal conveys the importance of reading as the foundation to success and to begin cultivating a love for reading amongst the participants in the program.
Six schools and more than 550 fourth-grade students have joined Reading is the Goal to date, each from the San Diego Unified School District-Mira Mesa cluster.
As part of the program's launch, the Gulls hosted four inaugural Reading is the Goal events on Wednesday, Apr. 4 at Walker Elementary and Mason Elementary. On Thursday, Apr. 5, the Gulls visited Hage Elementary in addition to Sandburg Elementary where the club celebrated a pizza party with top achievers as the first school winner based on average time per student over a 30-day period.
Reading is the Goal is a free program to all fourth-grade students in San Diego and is made possible by the San Diego Gulls Foundation. The mission of the San Diego Gulls Foundation is to facilitate and support programs that produce positive change for children and families throughout San Diego and Southern California by providing educational opportunities, broadening access to the sport of hockey and addressing the health and wellness needs of our community. The program rewards students for their time spent reading per day within a 30-day period. Its goals are to convey the importance of reading as the foundation to success and to cultivate a life-long love for reading.
Based off the award-winning Anaheim Ducks Reading is the Goal, the reading program was founded on its contributions to literacy and education, the Anaheim Ducks Reading Is the Goal program has received awards from the International Reading Association's (IRA) California and Orange County chapters.
For more information on the San Diego Gulls Reading is the Goal program, please visit SanDiegoGulls.com/reading.
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