Irwin Academic Center

SUMMER SPLASH

2021 Irwin Summer Splash Reading Program



We are so excited to continue Irwin’s Summer Splash Reading Program! Summer is a time for all students to relax and recharge, but studies have shown that students who don’t read and reinforce skills during summer months experience a regression in assessment scores from Spring to Fall known as the Summer Slide. Let’s keep on track and off the “summer slide” with Summer Splash. The program is also a fundraiser. Your hourly pledges and straight donations will help support our school by providing needed learning resources for our students.

Please keep this fun for your student. Allow him/her to choose books he/she will enjoy and will want to read. Do not be overly concerned about the reading level of the book they choose. Instead make sure you are fostering a love for reading. Contact Susan Hooper for questions; susan.hooper@cms.k12.nc.us.


  • First, talk to your student about the Summer Splash Program. Let them list a few books they would like to read over the summer. Let him/her know you are encouraging them so they will continue to grow in reading over the summer. Don’t underestimate the importance of YOU reading aloud to your child. Studies show that students whose parents read to them throughout their school years perform better academically than those whose parents do not read to them.


  • Second, speak to your family, friends, coworkers and companies about pledging support for your child’s reading. Record pledges and straight donations on the attached form. (Donations are tax deductible since the PTA is a 501c3.)


  • Next, locate your child’s Reading Tracker or print a copy at home. Links to the pdf can be found on the Irwin PTA Facebook page and on our website, irwinpta.org. Start tracking your student’s reading! Whenever your child reads a book, magazine, etc. you can log reading time. Log any time you read to them, as well. They can begin tracking reading minutes on May 29. . Stop logging by midnight on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.


  • Finally, Please submit all parent signed Reading Trackers and pledge forms on the first day of school, August 25, 2021. No data trackers will be considered eligible for prizes if not turned in by noon on Friday, September 3, 2021. Please have all money turned in by September 10. Checks may be made to “Irwin PTA.”


  • Time to reward hard work on Celebration Week. The dates and prizes will be determined at a later date due to the uncertainty of the opening of school. All students will participate in a fun-filled event to wrap up Summer Splash. Students who turned in parent signed Reading Trackers will be eligible for prizes based on hours read if all forms are turned in by noon Sept. 3, 2021. Students will not be eligible for prizes if forms are turned in after Sept. 3 at noon.