Finley's Reading Club



This is our most exciting reading program! Finley's Reading Club is a Literature-based reading program produced by the Accelerated Reader Company. It motivates students to read highly recommended children's books. Credit is earned by passing a computer-generated test on the book read. A blue computer icon on the bottom of the book's spine marks titles in the program. The FPS library has over 2,085 titles in this program. "Awesome Reader" pencils are given for reading 6 or more books during the six-week. Ribbons are given for reading books in increments of 25. Pictures of students who have read 25 or more books are posted on a display in the hall outside the library. The screen saver for the library computers features the top readers of each six weeks. A printout of what each student has read during the six weeks will be placed in his/her report card. The student's complete record will be printed at the end of the year for the last report card.

Finley's Reading Club encourages children to read through self-m competition, and ease of selecting good books. If your child wishes to participate in this program, please encourage him/her to come to the library and ask to be enrolled. A sign-up note will be sent home so you will know that your child is an "official" member of Finley's Reading Club. This note will also give hints on how your child can get started, i.e. bringing the Finley's Reading Club pass when he/she comes to take a test and asking for help taking the first few tests.

Farragut Primary School Library is very proud of all the reading done by the students at our school. Each year students set new records. Shawn Steffey read 1,454 books during the three years he was a student at FPS! Therefore, he holds the record for all three grades. At the end of his first-grade year, he had read 715 books after having read 353 in kindergarten. Alyssa Watson followed close behind with having read 1,417 books while a student here. The previous school record had been held by Adam Carr who read his 1,000th book by the en 1998-99. Evan Abrect and Andrew Kaminsky set the 1997-98 record of 500 books. The 1996-97 record was 400 books set by Sarah Roberson and Hanna Warden. Mark Genung who read 200 books in 1995-96 held the original school record.