Buffalo Ridge Elementary Summer Reading
Be a summer Reading Rock Star!
Turn up the volume on your reading this summer!
Visit the Media Center!
Dates: June 16-July 16, 2026
Hours:
Tuesdays 8:00-1:00 pm
Thursdays 1:00-6:00 pm
Location: The Fourth and Fifth Grade Building Media Center
*Please use the outside stairs on the north side of the building by carline to enter the media center. Media Center access through the main office is not possible this summer.
*Parents must remain with their child and monitor their behavior. A two-book maximum is allowed each checkout.
Why stop by?
Check out new books.
Cool off and read, make a bookmark, or finish a puzzle, along with other fun activities available.
Earn prizes for every two hole punches earned on your punch card by visiting the media center.
Third -Fifth graders check out Sunshine State Young Reader Award books and test on-site.
Guest Readers (Announced weekly through Parent Square.)
Sunshine Young Reader Award 2026-2027 Titles SSYRA 3-5th Grade List
There are many local reading programs you can select to participate in, in addition to the TVCS Reading Program:
Local Library Programs
Barnes and Noble
Pizza Hut
Scholastic Home
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Here are some activities that you can do with your child over the summer to help prevent the summer slide:
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (enter zip code on the website to check availability in your area)
Reading Eggs (30 Day Free Trial)
IXL (30 Day Free Trial)
250 MINUTE SUMMER 2026 READING CHALLENGE
Let’s celebrate the 250 birthday of The United States of America by reading 250 minutes this summer! You will receive a prize for completing this challenge!
**Once you have completed your 250 minutes, have your parents sign and date the bottom of this form. Turn this completed form into the Media Center by Friday, August 7.
Please include student and teacher name, book title, minutes read with date, and adult's initials by each entry.
I certify that my child read outside of school for at least 250 minutes over the summer.
Parent Signature ____________________________________ Date ____________
(Return this completed form to the media center by Friday, August 7, 2026)