The Reading Games will take place Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 at O'Neill
District 58 invites students to register for The Reading Games, now through Friday, Nov. 15.
The Reading Games is a fun reading competition for District 58 and District 61 students in grades 3-8, sponsored by the Education Foundation of Downers Grove District 58 and the Grove Express Foundation. Students form teams and collaborate to read nine books from a book list. At The Reading Games competition on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, students will face other teams to answer trivia-style questions about the books they've read.
"It is a great opportunity for kids to read new books and discuss them with friends," said The Reading Games Committee Member Colleen Broomhead. "Good luck to our readers as they uncover the magic within these books!"
Teams must comprise five-to-eight students, and may include students from different grades and schools. However, due to space limitations, participation in the Reading Games is limited only to students from District 58 and District 61. Teams will read books and be asked questions from Book List 1 (third-fourth grades) or Book List 2 (fifth-eighth grades).
Team Registration
Completing the team registration form below reserves your spot as a team to compete at the Games. You do not need to identify the students who will be on your team for this registration, so there is time to finalize the team members. Between December and January, you will be asked to provide more information about your team, including team name and volunteers. Each team should plan to have the following overall adult participation:
- 1 Team Contact – This person would be a contact point for The Reading Games committee over the next several months until the event, and would work with the team to coordinate practices and reading. (This person can fill one of the three volunteer roles on the day of the event, if they wish, but that’s not required.)
- 1 Adult Team Volunteer - This person will fill a role separate from the team on the day of the event, as a moderator, scorekeeper or other needed role. (This can be the Team Contact or another parent)
- 2 Adult Team Chaperones – These people will stay with the team on the day of the event to supervise the team. (The Team Contact can fill one of these roles, or both can be filled by other team parents. This is in addition to the separate Team Volunteer listed above and would not be the same person)
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Individual Registration
If you have a child who would like to participate but does not have a team, you may request a spot using the individual registration form. Although we cannot guarantee a spot on a team, we will do our very best to match children to existing teams, or to assist you in creating a new team.
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For more information, visit the Reading Games website at www.readinggamesdg58.com. Please direct questions to The Reading Games Committee at readinggamesdg58@gmail.com.