Pearson Elementary School fourth grader, Rene Villagran, has spent a lot of time this school year with his nose in a book. Enough time to read 6,001,494 words and become this year’s top district Accelerated Reader (AR), reader. The AR program tracks the books read by students in elementary school and junior high school, and keeps a running count of words in each book they read. After reading a book, the students take a short, computer-based quiz about the book in order to earn award points. Villagran’s total word count for this school year is over 1 million more than the second ranked district AR reader.
The top AR readers from other Mission CISD (Consolidated Independent School District) schools include in descending order are: Allison D. Villasenor-Pena, Cavazos Elementary; Citlali G. Martinez Vallejo, Alton Memorial Jr. High School; Jay T. Garza, Mission Jr. High School: America Rodriguez, R. Cantu Jr. High School; Perla E. Gonzalez, Waitz Elementary School; Victoria A Ramirez, Alton Elementary School; Cristian D. Lopez, Mims Elementary School; Kayla C. Rodriguez, Bryan Elementary School; Laisha M. Rivas Lopez, Midkiff Elementary School; Alex Gonzalez, O’Grady Elementary School; Lesley Adame, Escobar/Rios Elementary School; Monica M. Salinas, Leal Elementary School; Diego A. Valdez, Marcell Elementary School; Clarissa A. Canizalez, K. White Jr. High School; Gema Sepulveda Paras, Castro Elementary School; Luis G. Martinez Vallejo, Cantu Elementary School; Joel Quijada, Salinas Elementary School; Daniel Dominguez Rosas, Newcomers Academy.
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