Hill Intermediate Students Among Top Readers in Scholastic 2013 Summer Reading Challenge

Hill Intermediate School students set a new record for the number of minutes read during the Scholastic 2013 Summer Reading Challenge. Fifth and sixth grade students at Hill Intermediate read 3,039,434 minutes this past summer, which is more than twice the amount students at the campus read last year for the challenge. This is the second year in a row that the students at Hill Intermediate have shined in the challenge. Hill Intermediate placed fifth in the world and first in Aldine ISD in the Scholastic 2013 Summer Reading Challenge. The campus earned another spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Steven Roethler, reading teacher, and Brad Sveter, librarian, organized and promoted the reading challenge at Hill Intermediate. Joe Shaw, regional manager of Scholastic Book Fairs, presented Hill Intermediate with a banner during the Aldine ISD Board of Trustees meeting held November 19.

Roethler and students at Hill Intermediate School celebrate with their newly earned banner for placing fifth in the world in Scholastic’s 2013 Summer Reading Challenge.