Summer Reading Resources

GCS Summer Reading Beanstack Page

Beanstack Landing Page for GCS

Log in with Student ID number and your GCS Network Password

CSLP Summer Reading White Paper

There is clear and compelling evidence that summer learning loss is real. There's solid evidence that reading at home over the summer mitigates summer learning loss.

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Empowering Students and Families to Address Summer Reading Loss in Greenville, SC and Stoughton, MA 2017

Students lose as much as 3 months of reading progress over the summer. Reading over the summer prevents learning loss and helps to close the achievement gap.

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What counts as summer reading?

Audiobooks from Destiny

eBooks from Destiny

eBooks and audiobooks from NCKids Digital Library

Magazines

Comics and Graphic Novels

Research on topics of interest

Read alouds

What doesn't count as summer reading?

Texting and messaging

Cut scenes from video games

GCS Reads 30 Summer Break Reading Challenge

Enter your minutes in Beanstack. Everyone who reads at least 600 minutes will get a ticket to Kersey Valley that can be used for the Maize Adventure, Spooky Woods or Kersey Valley Chrismas.

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All Together Now with the Greensboro Public Library this summer!

Participate in reading challenges and log the books that you read. Take and Make crafts, summer programming including special performers and Family Fun Kits from your favorite branch library will also be available all summer long!

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Adventure Begins at High Point Public Library

High Point Public Library Children’s 2024 Summer Reading Program, Adventure Begins at Your Library, will begin Monday, June 10 and will end Friday, August 2. Children can sign up and pick up a paper-reading log in person in the children’s department. For more information, see our summer reading brochure, or you can call the children’s reference desk at (336) 883-3666.

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Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program

B&N Summer Reading Log (English)

B&N Summer Reading Log (Spanish)

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Camp Book It! From Pizza Hut

Enroll your PreK-6th grader(s) in Camp Book It! Set goals and track reading in their online dashboard. Get free pizza.

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