This year, Camas Ridge Community School will host our 5th annual Read-a-Palooza! Your generous donations help encourage a lifelong love of reading while directly supporting our students' education. The school goal is $5,000 (about $20/student will get us there!), which will go directly into the Camas Ridge Community Organization Camas Cares Fund. With your help, we can provide school supplies, field trips, library books, teacher grants, community building events, and so much more!

Read-A-Palooza materials will all be sent home on

Friday, February 28th in student Friday Folders, keep an eye out!

Read-a-Palooza Timeline:

Set your Goal & Get Pledge Commitments: February 28th - March 4th 

READ + Spirit Week: March 1st - 16th

Collect Pledges & Deliver to School: March 17th - March 21st

Read-a-Palooza Spirit Week March 10th - 14th

  • Monday: “Reading Rainbow Day”

    Wear Rainbow Everything

  • Tuesday: “Read to a furry friend”

    Bring a stuffy!

  • Wednesday: “Hats off to Reading”

    Wear a fun hat or wacky hair - bonus points if your hat/hair matches your book!

  • Thursday: “We love reading books backwards & forwards”

    Backwards Clothes Day

  • Friday: “Cozy up with a good book”

    Pajama Day!

How to Read-a-Palooza:

Step 1 - Set your Goal & Get Pledge Commitments: February 28th - March 4th

- Help your Reader set a realistic goal in minutes. See the suggested goals per grade below. This should be fun and achievable!

  • Kindergarten – Third: 20-30 minutes/day

  • Fourth – Fifth: 30-40 minutes/day

- Help your Reader get pledge commitments from friends, family or neighbors. Pledges can be made per minute or a set amount. To simplify we recommend a set amount.

Step 2 - READ: March 1st - 16th

- Help your Reader record their time spent reading between (see Reading Log). This includes time being read to or reading independently. Reading time in class can be applied to their reading totals - teachers will inform parents about the amount of minutes read in class during the Read-A-Palooza.

- Talk to your Reader about what they are reading and what they like about it. 

Stage 3 - Collect Pledges & Deliver to School: March 17th - March 21st

- Tally minutes read and help your Reader collect pledges. 

-Deliver collected money and documentation to Classroom Teacher.