Program Encourages Reading at Ann Mullen Middle School

Sixth grade Language Arts students at Ann A. Mullen Middle School were motivated to read more than they ever read before.

The students participated in n a reading challenge this year using Accelerated Reader (AR), a computerized reading incentive program that awards students points each time they read a book and pass an "AR" quiz on the "AR" website, Language Arts Teacher Brent Lyons said.

“Each book they read is worth a certain number of points based on the word count - the more words, the higher the point value. Below is the list of students earning at least 100 points,” Lyons said. “These students were dedicated to the challenge and likely read more books this school year then they ever have before.”

The students who earned over 100 points by participating in the program and the number of points they earned are listed below.

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Student Name            Points

Alec Bishop                1,100  (Record Breaker)

Divine Nwoga             429

Cameron Burr             294

Taylor Glynn               234

Alyssa Giordano          201

Theofani Illiadis          190

Nakul Kumaresan        182

Lexi Johnson               182

Marial Kricun               171

Chris Juliano                167

Susan Cornish             164

Nicholas Marchesani     147

Lillianna Rua                143

Daniel Johnson             130

Jack Chiaravolloti          128

Chris Kuzniasz              126

Scott Juliano                 113

Dylan Nieves                 113

Phillip Porcari                 111

Jeffery Allen                  109

Dustin McKenna             103