Philadelphia Reading Olympics

Posted by on November 15, 2010

Registration for 2011 Reading Olympics opens

The Philadelphia Reading Olympics is a city-wide collaborative reading competition coordinated by Philadelphia READS, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia, and the City of Philadelphia that engages fourth through eighth graders from Philadelphia’s public, parochial, charter, independent and after school programs in a reading competition.

Teams of up to 12 students collectively read the books on the Philadelphia Reading Olympics booklist and practice working together as a team to answer questions about those books.

The teams come together in May at an assigned college campus location to answer questions about the books. The teams accumulate points for every correct answer during three rounds of competition earning each team member a blue, red, or green ribbon based on the number of points their team has earned. Volunteers from area businesses join with members of the community to ask questions and keep score.

For more information or the register, visit here.

http://www.philadelphiareadingolympics.org/