The 2025 Great Skyline Summer Read-Off

Prizes! Fun! Author visit! Get Reading June-August

100 Prize Drawings in September

Ways to Get Entries into the the September Great Skyline Summer Read-Off Prize Drawing:

• Email any entry activity (by taking a pick, etc.) to Mr. S or turn in everything when the new school year starts.  Keep checking this website for updates.

• Complete a bingo on the Bingo sheet (1 prize drawing entry). 

• Bingo blackout (3 additional prize drawing entries).  Don't forget about Powell's summer reading bingo sheet!  You get the same number of entries for doing that one.  And I worked at Barnes & Noble for years and like that you get a free book.  Take a photo of that sheet too for 3 entries.  

• Complete 70 Activities on the "100 Alternatives to Watching T.V. This Summer" (5 drawing entries + a free book!)

• Complete a book review - either use the attached sheet or email Mr. S (bsorensen@pps.net) a screen shot of an online book review you've done (any website, 1 prize drawing entry per review, 3 entries if you review an OBOB book, up to 5 reviews count total for read-off (but you can do more, of course).  We may use your review in library!

• We host graphic novelist Breena Bard Sept. 18th for 3rd-8th grade assembly.  The class who has the most entries by Thursday, September 11th will get an exclusive, 1-hour classroom visit from Breena after the assembly!

• The Top 10 students who have the most entries the soonest will win Skyline Summer Read-Off 2025 t-shirts!!

• And the Multnomah County Library Summer Reading Program (multcolib.org/summer-reading)?  For every 15 spaces you move on the board, it's an entry for the Skyline prize drawing. Finish all 45 spaces for 5 entries.

100 Names Will be Drawn in September For:

Books (including signed editions)       Fancy pants soap (not soap for pants)

Infinity Checkouts from Library   Card games 

Slime Board games (D&D Dice, etc.)

Bring Your Sibling/Relative/Animal to School Day   Socks

Plushies Candy 

Passes to the library lounge

Gift cards (Powell’s, B&N, etc.) Bookmarks (fancy bookmarks)  

Any book in the library - to keep (what?!?) Skyline merch

Lunch & extra treats & drinks in library with 0-4 of your friends and Mr. S as your waiter 

Furniture pieces in library lounge named after you (with patch!) 

Exclusive "Rocket Ship," "Gone Fishing," "Parachute,” etc. fist bumps with Mr. S all year... only you!

$100 to spend on library books of your choice 

Art supplies and more

(Parents & staff: email Mr. S [bsorensen@pps.net] if you have a prize to donate.  We'll take anything…  : ) 

Get Reading, Skyline!  Adults submit reviews for their own prizes.  Read-Off Ends August 31st.  Prize drawings in September!

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THE #1 THING YOU CAN DO OVER THE SUMMER TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL - AND LIFE - IS READ!  READ ANYTHING-BOOKS ABOVE AND BELOW YOUR GRADE LEVEL, NEWSPAPERS, E-BOOKS, MAGAZINES, FOOD LABELS, LETTERS, AUDIO BOOKS, BILLBOARDS... 

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Our gameshow, sports-style school OBOB book clubs and competitions were a huge success for 2024-25.  We again tripled participation, had our 5th grade team win regionals and compete in the state OBOB tournament in Salem.  It was an utterly amazing ride.  Congratulations, Eagles.

The books for 2025-26 have been released, so it might be a good idea to read some of them now, then again when the school year starts (as one idea).  Start thinking about which 2-4 students you'd like to be in a weekly book group with : )  If you have any questions or news, please email Mr. S at bsorensen@pps.net or check out the official OBOB website for the latest information!

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 I'm trying to decide which CAS club to be a part of for 2025-26.  Maybe ♟️chess👑, maybe Dungeons and Dragons....  We'll see ; )  

Have a fantastic summer and keep in touch.  --Mr. S