PARIS – Reading is Fundamental has had another successful year in SAD 17. Through its RIF read-a-thon 362 students raised $10,289.
Students met the challenge by reading hundreds of books. Eighty-eight ice cream social invitations were given out to students who raised more than $50. Last year the invitations totaled 74. RIF provided more than 2,000 students, grades kindergarten to three with three books again this year.
The RIF program has been in the Oxford Hills district for 24 years. McDonald’s has been sponsoring the program for at least 20 years, and also provides some prizes.
The district results of the read-a-thon were: first, Dakota Wendell; second, Austin Chute; and third, Mikko Liimatta.
Grades four to six top readers: first, Liz Baumhoff; second, JaLise Cotton; third, Chelsea Gilbert.
Top pledges were: first, Melissa Strauss; second, Chelsea Dickinson; and third, Forrest Brenske.
Students raising more than $50, from Agnes Gray School: Chris Dresser, Jason Henderson, Krystin Noyes, Matthew Walsh, Mikko Liimatta, Ian Allen, Jessica Walsh, Dakota Wendell.
Guy E. Rowe School: Shayla LaPierre, Ryan Godin, Hunter Bodenheim, Tyler Morin, Kelcey Robichaud, Cole Everett, Rebekah Jett, Sierra Male, Greta Giasson, Walter Feeney, Sholie Hanscom, Hope Godin, Deric Hanscom, Will Kyle, Toshona Bunnell, Valleri Keene, Kolby Robichaud, Mary Billings, Lindsay Toothaker, Kasey Jo Sander, Cody Herrick, Thomas Lentz, Josh Little, Phoenix McLaughlin, Daniel Whittemore, Cody Wilson, Andy Churchill, Brooke Ladd, Daniel Curtis, Travis Smith, Alexandra Sampson, Jordan Farrar, Karianna Merrill, JaLise Cotton, Alex Hardy, Sean Hardy, Kyle Johnson, Michael Ring.
Harrison School: Chelsea Dickinson.
Hebron Station: Denise LaBrecque, Joshua Gauthier, Ashley Harvey, Chelsea Gilbert.
Madison Avenue School: Emma Day Branch, Ruby Day Branch, Dylan Truman.
Mildred Fox School: Jake Allen, Kennedy Mann, Kylie Webster.
Otisfield Community School: Audrianna Dionne, Angela Daniels, Carl Daniels.
Oxford School: Adrianna Twitchell, Adam Kane, Dylan Millett, Grace Lynch, Jebidiah Taylor, Nicole Zufelt, Haley Chute, Kane Williamson, Elizabeth Bickford, Austin Chute, Kiersten Zufelt, Kali Dixon, Myriah Lausier, Alicia Millett, Larry Thurston, Josie Gajewski, Thomas Larragee, Crystal Gajewski, Ashley Baille, Kaitlyn Reed.
Waterford Memorial: Forrest Brenske, Rebecca Boughter, Brooke Murch, Calleb Fillebrown, Kayla Turner, Melissa Strauss, LeeAnn McGee.
Other community organizations have supported the RIF program through donations. In the fall RIF received a $250 donation from Kiwanis’ and this spring Wal-Mart awarded RIF with a literacy grant of $1,000.
The RIF volunteers are devoted individuals who support reading. Each school has their own RIF representative and they are: Dawn Mann, Darlene Rogers, Susan Harvey, Roxanne Mayberry, Deb Gajewski, Pat Brennan, Shelley Weiss, Peggy Busa, Dorene Vail and Terra Fillebrown.
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