Thursday, February 9, 2012
Boston's biggest bookworms get circus surprise
Nathan Hale students receive special “clown-gratulations” after winning the citywide Read-a-Thon
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BPS Communications Office 617-635-9265, communications@bostonpublicschools.org
October 10, 2008
BOSTON - Students at the Nathan Hale Elementary School in Roxbury welcomed special surprise visitors today – two performers from the Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus: Brandon of Clown Alley and Katya, who does a hand balancing act.
The performers visited the school today to congratulate Hale students on winning the annual ReadBoston / Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Read-a-Thon.<?xml:namespace prefix =" o" />
The competition is held every year year for elementary and early childhood students in Boston Public Schools (BPS) as a way to motivate students to read at home. Students must read for at least 20 minutes each night at home and track their reading for two weeks, and the school with the highest rate of student participation wins. With 80% of students completing the challenge, the Nathan Hale was this year’s winning school. Students at the Nathan Hale also received free tickets to the circus.
