[dropcap]S[/dropcap]cience Hall second grader Luna Ventura has been reading all year long, and her hard work paid off this month, as she won a bike in the Unforgettable Families and Friends drawing at the school.
Unforgettable Families and Friends is a non-profit organization working with Science Hall to encourage reading among the students. Ventura received the bike and related safety equipment after reading 15 books and writing book reports on each. Her name was drawn from among all the other second-graders at Science Hall participating in the program.
UFF introduced its reading program, “Bikes 4 Books,” to Science Hall Elementary School in September 2016. UFF provided each student with a new book to keep; other books came from home and the school or public library. After each book is read, the students are required to write a short book report for an entry to win a new bike, helmet, knee pads and a bike lock. As part of the Bike 4 Books program, local community leaders and members read to the students in the classroom.
