George Fischer Middle School Students Take 'Million Page Challenge'

CARMEL, N.Y. -- George Fischer Middle School fifth- and sixth- graders conquered and surpassed the Million Page Challenge by reading a total of 1,336,206 pages since the fall.

George Fischer Middle School sixth-graders conquered and surpassed the million page challenge by reading a total of 1,336,206 pages since the fall. The school Librarian, Elizabeth Krieger, back row, was so impressed, her hair turned pink.
Photo Credit: *Carmel Central School District*

Karin Carrasco

02/02/2016 6:30 p.m.

The Million Page Challenge is a national program to promote reading for please among young students. The school’s librarian, Elizabeth Krieger, set the challenge for all fifth and sixth-grade students.

Some notable accomplishments include the following:

Classes with the most pages read: Jamie Walner’s sixth-grade classes read a total of 765,926 pages. Her first period class read the most with a total of 98,449 pages.

Fifth-grade classes read a total of 222,177 pages. Michelle Lynch’s second period class read the most in the second quarter with a total of 42,869.

Colin Forster read the most pages in the first quarter of the year 21,565 pages. In the second quarter Sasha Ramdat read the most pages at 20,295.

The fifth-grade student with the most pages read in both the first and second quarter was Erin Lee. She read 16,249 and 11,702 pages respectively.

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