San Benito County Office of Education Announces “FALL IN LOVE WITH READING” Results

San Benito County Office of Education County Superintendent Krystal Lomanto is excited to announce the results of our “FALL IN LOVE WITH READING” county Challenge. During the challenge, which ran from September 22, 2020 – December 21, 2020, students across the county more than met the 100 million word challenge by reading an amazing 126,431,714 words! Superintendent Lomanto is also excited to announce that 251 students met or exceeded the 100,000 word challenge individually.

The top reader in the county was Jeremy Mendez, a third grade student who attends Sunnyslope Elementary School. Jeremy read a total of 874,076 words!  The school with the most words read in the county was Hollister Dual Language Academy, led by Principal Monique Ruiz. Students at Hollister Dual Language Academy read an incredible 27,653,205 words. Click Here to see the list of students who read 100,000 words or more and the school they attend, as well as the top reader in each school and the top classroom in each school.  Congratulations to everyone who participated and best of luck to students with the upcoming Winter Reading Challenge which runs through March 21, 2021.

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