2 Middle School Students Win Summer Reading Contest

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Achieve3000 sponsored the summer reading contest Give Us 40. This was part of a summer school pilot held at middle schools targeting ESL (English as a second language) students. After summer school ended, students accessed Achieve3000, which is a software program that offers differentiated instruction to improve reading and writing, from home. Students who did not have a home computer received one on loan from the school district. They accessed Achieve3000 to participate in Give Us 40 where students had to read at least 40 articles and complete certain activities related to the text they read.

Two Aldine ISD students went above and beyond the required reading. Nuttiga Innakorn of Shotwell Middle School and Nabiha Zahir of Teague Middle School both read more than 100 articles and completed the related activities. As winners, each received an iPod Touch.

Terry Rasmussen, district manager of Achieve3000, and Raylene Truxton, AISD coordinator for online learning, are photographed with Innakorn at Shotwell Middle School.