Linwood students are in the middle of their third annual “Get L.O.S.T. in a Book” read-a-thon from Jan. 30 to March 24. The acronym L.O.S.T. stands for “Love Our School Today,” and Linwood students are looking to raise $8,000 for the PTA to use toward a new playground that is more suitable for fourth to sixth graders. The goal of the event is to get K-6 students to read more books and have fun while doing so.
The read-a-thon is split into a school-wide contest and a pledge contest. The school-wide contest involves each student pledging to read a certain amount of minutes during the event. For every 100 minutes read, students will have their name entered into a raffle for their choice of a $25 gift card from local businesses with only five winners being picked. The top reader in the school will receive an electronic tablet, the top winner
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