Eagle Eyes of St. Vincent Students Reach Reading Heights
While 2025’s Reading Makes A Difference program was the fifth for many St. Vincent students, it was Transitional Kindergarteners’ (TK) first chance to read to donate Jester books and dolls to patients at nearby Luskin Orthopaedic Institute for Children.
“In my class, since most of my students can’t read yet, they asked parents to read to them, which added more family time each night,” reported Transitional Kindergarten teacher Cindy Del Rio.
Older Eagles also read lots of pages throughout the read-a-thon. Third grade Geneses Nava from Yvette’s Serrano’s fifth-grade class garnered the school’s top reader award with 2,214 pages. Maria Dominguez’s second-grade class took top classroom honors with 13,061 total pages read.
Eagles’ eyes sparkled as Luskin OIC’s Foundation Director of Operations Lina Velarde handed out prizes for top readers and congratulated the TK-eighth-grade student body for reading a total of 41,064 pages.
“Students became more interested in being seen with a book,” observed fourth-grade teacher Judith Vasquez. “They also enjoyed reading independently as well as at home.”
During the two week read-a-thon students from St. Vincent School kept journals to document their reading.
During the two week read-a-thon students from St. Vincent School kept journals to document their reading. Altogether they read 68,725 pages. The school, along with USC’s Good Neighbors Campaign, donated 30 copies of The Jester Has Lost His Jingle/El Bufón ha perdido su gracia and 30 Jester & Pharley Dolls to Orthopaedic Institute for Children in Los Angeles for use with their young patients.
Altogether they read 66,188 pages.
During the two week read-a-thon students from St. Vincent School kept journals to document their reading. Altogether they read 66,188 pages. The school, along with USC’s Good Neighbors Campaign, donated 28 copies of The Jester Has Lost His Jingle/El Bufón ha perdido su gracia and 28 Jester & Pharley Dolls to Orthopaedic Institute for Children in Los Angeles for use with their young patients.
Altogether they read 101,081 pages.
During the three week read-a-thon students from St. Vincent School kept journals to document their reading. Altogether they read 101,081 pages. The school, along with USC’s Good Neighbors Campaign, donated 30 copies of The Jester Has Lost His Jingle/El Bufón ha perdido su gracia and 30 Jester & Pharley Dolls to Orthopaedic Institute for Children in Los Angeles for use with their young patients.
Read-a-thon students from St. Vincent School kept journals to document their reading.
During the three week read-a-thon students from St. Vincent School kept journals to document their reading. Altogether they read 100,213 pages. The school, along with USC’s Good Neighbors Campaign, was able to donate 35 copies of The Jester Has Lost His Jingle/El Bufón ha perdido su gracia and 35 Jester & Pharley Dolls to Orthopaedic Institute for Children in Los Angeles for use with their young patients.
