Edmond Oklahoma’s Book-Smart Students
November 26, 2008
Anyone looking to relocate to a great community with awesome schools can count on Edmond , Oklahoma . Students in Edmond are smart and love to read. The principal of Deer Creek Elementary recently had to pay-up on a challenge she offered her students. Mrs. Straughn challenged her students to read 6,000 books. She called the challenge “Cruise into a Good Book.”
The students of Deer Creek Elementary not only read 6,000 books, they went far and above that mark reading over 12,500 books. So, to pay-up on the challenge, Mrs. Straughn had to pack for a cruise in 1 minute, scuba dive in a kiddy pool and dance with a ship captain.
The challenge lasted for three weeks. The first week the students blew teachers away by reading over 4,500 books. The second week students read over 3,700 books, and over 4,200 in the last week.
Mrs. Straughn actually went scuba diving in a kiddy pool that was set up in the school’s gym. From the looks of it, the kids really got into the challenge. This is Mrs. Straughn’s fourth consecutive year winning the state’s Reading Challenge contest. Deer Creek student’s even donated six suitcases filled to the top with books to a local women’s shelter.
The goal of the Reading Challenge in to instill the love of reading in children at a young age. After thirteen years of the challenge, it still shows today in Edmond ’s students.
