Page High Celebrates Top Readers

Published December 15, 2011

Reading has its rewards at Page High School thanks to the school's new Top Readers program.  Librarian Carlotta Wright created the program as a way of recognizing the students who read the most books from the school library, which has seen a 323 percent increase in circulation over the last three years.

"Because our students are reading so voraciously, we wanted to do something to honor them," said Wright.  "Students make the Top Readers list based on the number of books they read each quarter, which our circulation system computes."

Representatives from Thomas Nelson Publishing heard about the program and decided to give the top ten female and the top ten male readers two books each: House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo for everyone; So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones for the girls; The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan for the guys.  The books were presented to the students during a special reception November 17.

Wright says she hopes to continue the program in the future.  "We feel we’ve set a precedent in honoring our top readers and now must find a way to fund the recognition of them for each quarter," said Wright.  "We’d appreciate support from any individual or community group who would like to help us in showing our appreciation of books and readers."