April
19 – Mrs.
Guldin's class was the 200th class to visit the Read and Ride room,
logging a total of 5,000 miles!
April 5 –
Education World
published an article about the Read and Ride program.
March 21 – 84 people follow
Read and Ride on
Facebook.
March 10 – Florida's
Sun
Sentinel newspaper ran an
article about 2 schools
starting Read and Ride programs.
Feb. 23 – 100 people follow Twitter postings
of
Read And Ride.
Feb. 16 –
WXII-12 News
Anchor Kimberly Van Scoy interviewed students, Mrs. Greenwood and Mr.
Ertl to
feature the Read and Ride program.
Feb 2. – 68 people follow Twitter postings of
Read and Ride.
Jan. 29 – The Read and Ride
room has been used 160 times by
third, fourth and fifth grade classes.
Students have logged 4,000 miles and
read a combined total of over 1,000 hours of extra reading!
Jan.
6 – Started Twitter account to share updates with
interested followers.
Jan. 5 – Students logged 3,150
miles, reaching our first goal to pedal from Winston-Salem to Los
Angeles, CA!
(
Mapquest
determined that the
distance was 2,464, but we surpassed that goal by 686 miles!)
Dec.
8 – Mrs. Lyle's class was the 100th class to use the Read and
Ride room!
Dec. 3 – The Read and Ride
room has been used 93 times by
third, fourth and fifth grade classes.
Students have logged 2,325 miles and
read a combined total of over 581 hours of extra reading!
Nov. 28 – 48 fans on
Read
And Ride
Facebook page.
Nov. 16 – Received second phone call from
the White
House. They are
very interested in the program and will start arranging the logistics
and approvals for the First Lady to possibly visit our school. No
definite confirmation or timeline would be guaranteed.
Nov. 13 – 41 exercise bikes!
Nov. 4 – Received a phone call from the
White House
saying that they received our letters, they asked us questions about
the program, and they expressed their support of the program.
Oct. 28 – Sent 151
letters from students and
teachers to the First Lady
to invite her to our school.
Oct. 25 – Started Facebook fan
page for
Read
And
Ride.
Oct. 2 – 30 exercise bikes! Mrs. Tricia
Hall’s class was the
first to use the Read and Ride room
Sept. 28 – Local
WFMY News 2
ran their
segments on
the Read and Ride
program.
Sept. 24 –
The Clemmons Courier
featured
an article
about the program and to assist with donations.
Sept. 23 – Mrs. Brooke Flynt’s
class was
filmed by
WFMY
News 2 reading
and riding 12 exercise bikes.
Sept. 12 – Posted a listing on
Freecycle.com
to
request exercise bike
donations.
Sept. 11 –
The Winston-Salem
Journal
featured an
article about the
program to assist with donations.
Sept. 8 – Sent flyers home with
all
students to request
donations for exercise bikes, magazines and music stands.
Sept. 4 – Posted a
listing on
Craigslist.com
to
request
exercise bike
donations.
Sept. 2 – We received our first exercise
bike from
Mrs. Shirley Hyde!
Sept. 1 – Announced the
Read and Ride program on our school’s WARD-TV
show.