Readathon
📚 Readathon 📚
MARCH 13-27, 2026!
Readers, mark your calendars and get your books ready! The Rosa Parks Readathon runs from Friday, March 13th until Friday, March 27th. Our goal is to inspire a love of reading while raising funds to support our school. Students log their reading minutes and collect pledges to support their efforts. Pledges can be made as a total dollar amount or a per hour read amount.
Week of March 6:
Register your child for the Readathon
March 13-27:
Readathon! More Events Below
April 9:
Pledges Due
April 17:
Prizes Announced!
Any questions? Connect with us at
readathon@rosaparkselementary.net
Calendar of Readathon Events
✨ Fantasy Fiction Friday + Kickoff Festival (3/13)
🛌 Pajama & Stuffy Day (3/18)
🎬 Evening screening of The NeverEnding Story (3/18)
📚 Author visits with Misa Sugiura and Vera Ahiyya
👗 Dress as Your Favorite Book Character Day (3/25)
🎉 Prize Assembly on April 17
2026 Readathon Prizes
This year, we are excited to continue celebrating our amazing readers while directing a greater portion of our budget toward community-building events for all students. As always, the classes in each grade level with the highest total reading minutes will earn a visit from the ice cream truck - a favorite Readathon tradition!
For individual prizes, we are shifting to a “Broader Recognition” model to celebrate more students:
Top 3 readers in each grade (TK–5) will receive a Certificate of Achievement.
1st place: $20 gift card to a local business
2nd and 3rd place: $15 gift cards to a local business
Top 3 students schoolwide with the highest total number of pledges will receive a Certificate of Achievement.
1st place: $20 gift card to a local business
2nd and 3rd place: $15 gift cards to a local business
To make prizes more personal, winners can choose their gift card from a curated list of local businesses. This “Choose Your Own Adventure” approach allows students to select something that excites them while supporting the shops that support our school community.
We are proud of this updated approach, which allows us to recognize more readers, celebrate student effort, and continue investing in experiences that bring our whole school together. Happy reading!
Call for Volunteers!
The 2026 Rosa Parks Readathon is taking place March 13–27, and we would love your support. We are currently seeking volunteers to help with the Book Giveaway and the Readathon Kickoff Festival, both of which will be held on Friday, March 13.
We hope you will join us in making this community event a success! Please sign up here.
The Rosa Parks PTA Annual Readathon is our #1 fundraiser
How Does it Work?
In March, students read as much as they can and record their reading minutes in our NEW online platform. Register your child here!
They (with caregiver help) reach out to family, friends, and neighbors to pledge either a flat donation or an hourly donation per hour read.
After the reading ends, students tally their reading minutes and collect money from their sponsors through their own page in the NEW online platform.
The money raised from the Readathon goes to next year’s PTA Budget to support essential school programs such as MOSAIC, Classroom Grants, Community Events and lots more!
Students who get 10 or more sponsors are entered into a draw to win the opportunity to win the Principal Prize!!
Need Help Recruiting People to Be Sponsors?
What Counts Towards Reading Minutes?
What can you read?
Books
E-books
Audiobooks
Magazines
Comic books/graphic novels
Recipe instructions
What counts as reading?
Reading to yourself
Reading to a sibling or relative
Reading to a stuffy or your pet
Reading with someone
Being read to by someone else
Audiobooks
What doesn’t count as reading?
Subtitles on movies/tv shows
Karaoke lyrics on Spotify or YouTube
Math Equations or signs
Podcasts
Where to Find Books?
Online:
Head to the Rosa Parks Library online or visit the following websites for free online books!
Check out this list of locations of Little Free Libraries!
Track Reading Minutes and Pledges
Each student will set up a personal tracking and fundraising page via DoJiggy. Paper trackers will also be sent home as a visual tracker. If you can’t access the website, return the completed paper log to the school at the end of the Readathon and the Readathon team will help enter the information.
Track Minutes
Weekday minutes are limited to 360 minutes, (6 hours) per weekday, outside of class time
Weekend minutes are limited to 480 minutes (8 hours)
Students DO NOT REPORT minutes that the teacher has set aside as Classroom Minutes. They will be reported at the end of the Readathon.
Track Pledges
Ask family, friends, and other loved ones to sponsor your student’s reading!
Pledges can be made as a total dollar amount or a per hour read amount, i.e, $1-20 per hour read.
We strongly encourage donors to“Leave a tip” to help cover the cost of the site (if a tip in any amount is included, we avoid paying the regular 6.9% transaction fee)
Submission Deadlines:
Student-read minutes need to be entered by 9:00PM on Friday, March 27th.
Pledges are due by Monday, April 6th.
Instructions for Using the DoJiggy Tracking Site
Track minutes and share the site for donations!
Step 1: Log onto the site
Step 2: Select “My Account”
Step 3: Select “My participants”
Click on “Student Name” to
“View your fundraising page” - Add a picture of your student! Personalize your message!
“Log minutes” to track reading minute
Look for the sharing links to share your student’s personal fundraising page via social media or get a template email!
If you are unable to access the website for any reason, you may bring your completed paper log to the school at the end of the readathon and we will help you enter the minutes.
Sign up your child(ren) on the following website:
https://go.dojiggy.io/c/rosaparksreadathon2026participants/Center
Step 1: Select “Register - ” Click ‘View Cart’ to Register. If you have more than one student participating, change the quantity.
Step 2: Select “Check out now” (this is completely free!)
Step 3: Select student’s class, add their name and personalize the link to your student's fundraising page (optional)
Step 4: Add caregiver information and email address. Select “Select your registration preferences (optional) - I want to create a login to track my registration history” as this will be your login in to track minutes/manage your student’s page
Step 5: Checkout
Once you have registered, you will receive an email with links to your student(s) fundraising page(s).
If you have any questions or need help with the website, please contact readathon@rosaparkselementary.org and a parent volunteer will assist you.