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Rockland Read-In: Pearl River Middle School, Lincoln Avenue Elementary Recognized

The Rockland County BOCES recognized county schools for the performances by their students in February's Rockland Read-In

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Two Pearl River District Schools earned special recognition for their participation in February's 27th Annual Rockland Read-In.

This year 62 schools in Rockland County participated with students reading a total of 4,452,038 minutes ad part of the annual event designed to inspire students to read for pleasure.

Lincoln Avenue Elementary took second place among elementary schools with under 300 students, behind only Sloatsburg. Sloatsburg also won most improved for the category.

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Pearl River Middle School took third in most minutes read per student in its division. Mac Arthur Barr in the Nanuet School District took first.

Albertus Magnus earned most improved honors and took second in minutes read per school among High Schools.

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2011 Special Recognitions
(Based on total minutes read unless otherwise specified)

Elementary Schools Under 300 Students
1. Sloatsburg
2. Lincoln Avenue
3. Congers
Most Improved
Sloatsburg

Elementary Schools 300-400 Students
1. Highview
2. West Nyack
3. Eldorado
Most Improved
Strawtown

Elementary Schools 401-500 Students
1. Valley Cottage
2. Summit Park
3. R.P. Connor
Most Improved
Viola

Elementary Schools Over 500 Students
1. West Haverstraw
2. Cottage Lane
3. Thiells
Most Improved
Cottage Lane

Middle Schools/Junior High
1. Felix Festa
2. A. MacArthur Barr
3. Chestnut Ridge
Most Improved
Felix Festa

High Schools
1. Spring Valley
2. North Rockland
3., Fieldstone
Most Improved
Albertus Magnus

Most Minutes Read Per Students
Elementary Schools
1. Valley Cottage
2. Highview
3. Sloatsburg

Middle Schools
1. A. MacArthur Barr
2. Chestnut Ridge
3. Pearl River

High Schools
1. BOCES at Suffern H.S.
2. Albertus Magnus
3. Spring Valley

ROCKLAND READ-IN PARTICIPANTS CLARKSTOWN Bardonia Elem. School Birchwood School (K-12) Congers Elem. School Lakewood Elem. School Laurel Plains Elem. School Link Elem. School New City Little Tor Elem. School Strawtown Elem. School West Nyack Elem. School Woodglen Felix Festa Middle School   EAST RAMAPO Eldorado Elem. School Elmwood Elem. School Fleetwood Elem. School Grandview Elem. School Hempstead Elem. School Kakiat Lime Kiln Elem. School Summit Park Elem. School Chestnut Ridge J.H.S. Pomona M.S. Ramapo High School Spring Valley High School NANUET George W. Miller Elem. School A. MacArthur Barr Middle School Highview Elem. School NORTH  ROCKLAND Gerald F. Neary Elem. School North Garnerville Elem. School Stony Point Thiells Elem. School West Haverstraw Elem. School James A Farley Middle School Haverstraw MS Willow Grove MS Fieldstone Secondary North Rockland HS NYACK Valley Cottage Elem. School Liberty Elem. School Upper Nyack Nyack Middle School   PEARL RIVER Evans Park Elem. School Franklin Ave. Elem. School Lincoln Ave. Elem. School Pearl River Middle School   RAMAPO Cherry Lane Elem. School Richard P. Connor Elem. School Montebello Elem. School Sloatsburg Elem. School Viola Elem. School Suffern Middle School   SOUTH ORANGETOWN Cottage Lane Elem. School Tappan Zee Elem. School W.O. Schaefer Elem. School South Orangetown Middle School Tappan Zee High School   NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS Albertus Magnus High School Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School Hilltop School St. Gregory Barbarigo BOCES at Suffern HS CBI Tech

 

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