AR Program
Brookhaven PTA Presents our 2010 – 2011 Accelerated Reader Program
We’re racing around the world!
The Program:
Over the course of the school year students will be given AR challenges in the form of Roadblocks and Detours. To successfully complete the challenges, students will need to take a set amount of quizzes or earn a designated amount of points within a specified time period. Each student will be issued an AR Passport. After successfully completing a challenge, students will be issued country stickers to add to their passports.
Students will earn bonus stickers for meeting their goal and may earn extra stickers if they meet their goal more than once within a trimester. If a student successfully completes all tasks and meets their goal each trimester, the completed passport will contain 20 stickers.
Passports:
Students are responsible for keeping track of their own passport over the course of the school year. If a student misplaces their passport, they may apply to the PTA for a replacement. (Teachers will not replace passports.) Lost country stickers will not be replaced. Students will not be required to have their passports with them at all times, however, we may occasionally do random “Border Patrols” to see who has their passports. Students who do not have their passports with them will not be penalized but students who are able to show their passport when it’s requested may earn a reward.
Roadblocks and Detours:
Roadblocks will contain one challenge that must be completed to earn a country sticker. Detours will offer a choice between 2 tasks and students may choose which task they want to complete to earn their sticker. We will have 1 Roadblock and 1 Detour each month. The schedule of the challenges will vary and students will not know when a challenge week will occur until it is posted at the school.
Surprise Challenges:
To keep students motivated and reading in between Roadblocks and Detours, additional Surprise Challenges will be added. Students may receive bonus countries for earning 100% on a quiz, taking multiple quizzes, etc. Students will not be informed in advance of the Surprise Challenges. They will learn about it when they receive their bonus sticker. We want to keep our students reading and try to prevent students from “saving up” on quizzes.
The Pit Stop:
After each Roadblock or Detour, students will arrive at The Pit Stop. All students who successfully complete the challenges will have their names posted on The Pit Stop board, located outside the office.
Our race is not about being the first student to reach the finish line at the end of the year. We hope to see all of our students successfully complete the race!
The world is waiting... Read often... Travel safe... Good Luck!
Home Connect:
In our effort to go paperless, we will not be sending home printed quiz results. To view your students progress, log on to Home Connect using your student’s AR user name and password. You may receive automatic e-mail notifications after your student has taken an AR quiz stating book title, author, score and points earned by setting up an e-mail address.
Search AR QuizList:
Search the QuizList Interactive website to see which books have AR tests available. Not all books are applicable to the AR Program. Also, not all books with AR Quizes may be available from the Brookhaven Library.