Great things happen when you read!
This Read-A-Thon Fundraiser will take the students of Tipaskan Elementary School on an incredible journey of discovery across Canada, inspire a love of reading, awaken their imagination, build their confidence and enhance their reading skills. Help this school get off to a quick start by contributing right away. Contributions made by friends and family will motivate the wonderful students of this amazing school to power their way through their virtual adventure and build skills to last a lifetime.
Challenge:
CAN THE STUDENTS OF TIPASKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READ ACROSS CANADA IN JUST TWO WEEKS?
Challenge accepted!
Read-A-Thon Event Dates: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 to
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
To find out if they've completed the challenge, subscribe to this campaign and you will receive updates throughout the event!
How to help?
STEP 1: CONTRIBUTE TO A CLASS!
From
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 to Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
Option #1: Click on the "CONTRIBUTE" button above (if you contribute more than $10, you could get access to Mind Growth Education's Digital Sponsor Coupon Sheet as a thank you gift - if you wish!). PLEASE add the name of the class/division you are wishing to attribute your contribution to (if not, your contribution will be attributed to the whole school)
OR
Option #2: Attribute your contribution to a specific class by
scrolling down and
clicking on the specific class.
**IF YOU WISH: Under "Your Message", please write an
encouraging little note to the student you are representing!
STEP 2: SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!
From Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 to Wednesday, February
22nd, 2023
Once you have contributed, please help by getting the word out to your friends and family and tell everyone about this "Read-A-Thon" Fundraiser. Ask them to support this school by making a contribution!
Reading across Canada
Starting on Wednesday, February 8th,
2023 to Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023, the students at Tipaskan
Elementary School will start a virtual, cross-Canada road trip via
an innovative program from Mind Growth Education to complete their
reading challenge.
Their daily reading sessions will
take them on a storybook adventure across this great country,
building more reading skills while exposing them to all sorts of fun
and educational facts about Canada.
Will they be able to complete the
challenge by February 22nd, 2023? Stay tuned to find out!
Fun facts!
After completing this Read-A-Thon
Fundraiser, participants will have had over 200-1,000 additional
minutes of reading and will have planted real trees in Canada in the process!
GREAT NEWS! We’ve partnered with One
Tree Planted #onetreeplanted . One Tree Planted will plant a tree
for every 25% of the reading challenge a class completes along their
"Read Across Canada" reading adventure route. There’s no
extra work or cost for the student/families — Just make sure you
keep reading! #greatthingshappenwhenyouread
How will the funds be used?
85% of the net funds raised by this
Read-A-Thon Fundraiser will help purchase new books for our
school library
.
The remaining 15% goes towards Mind
Growth Education to help cover costs such as subscription cost,
administrative fee + the Paypal or Stripe payment processing fees
and transaction costs.
Friends and family -
Let's show we are a community that cares about this school!
See
"Fundraisers" below to contribute to a specific division
or contribute to the whole school!
Thank you for your support!
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About Tipaskan Elementary School
SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY
Tipaskan School is a safe and caring community where students and staff are engaged in their learning and striving towards personal excellence. This is achieved through a focus on LIVE, LEARN, LEAD by:
- celebrating diversity and promoting a healthy, active lifestyle for all stakeholders
- providing high quality teaching and meaningful learning experiences
- integrating technology practices across the curriculum
- developing strong citizenship while working in partnership with community stakeholders
- incorporating student centered collaborative teams
Source: Tipaskan Elementary School , https://tipaskan.epsb.ca/aboutourschool/schoolphilosophy/ , February 3rd, 2023.
FAQs (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS)
We’ve tried to answer many common
questions below, but if you need additional help, please get in
touch with your Mind Growth Education representative, Isabelle, at
fundraising@mindgrowtheducation.com.
* Participation
Q: How does your reading log programs work?
A: Participants record the number of
minutes they’ve read in class or at home on a daily basis by signing
into their Mind Growth Education account. The program automatically
converts their minutes into kilometres and advances their avatar on
a virtual adventure across Canada through various towns and cities
to form a route that spans from Victoria, BC to through every
province in the lower part of Canada, and back again, through the
higher part of Canada, which ends in Whitehorse, Yukon. Every time a
participant arrives at one of the major points on their adventure, a
little blurb pops up with educational facts about that city or town.
The participants also get to earn badges and get printable
worksheets as they progress on their reading journey. (Please note:
For every 20 minutes, you will travel approximately 240 kilometres
on the adventure map).
Q: What if a participant reads across Canada before the
event is over?
A: Keep on logging in those minutes!
The challenge will then be "How many times could you read
across Canada until the event is over?" - You could say
something like "Now that you've read across Canada once, can
you do it twice by the end of the event?". The record so far is
3 by a grade 7 student from Nanaimo, BC.
Q: Can my French Immersion students do the reading log
program in French?
A: Yes, our reading log program is
available in both French and English at any point within the
platform. Just click on the "EN/FR" icon in the top right
corner of the platform and it will switch from English to French or
French to English.
Q: What if a participant or one of the families needs help
(i.e. cannot remember his/her username and/or password). What to do?
A: Just email me, Isabelle, your Mind
Growth Education representative, with your question(s) and I'll be
happy to help.
Email: fundraising@mindgrowtheducation.com
Text: 778-928-6778
Q: My child cannot log into their reading log account?
A: There are a few things we'd like
for you to try:
1) Make sure you are entering the
correct spelling of your login credentials. (i.e. lowercase and not
uppercase, "t" and not "+", etc.)
2) It might be your browser, try
logging in on a different browser. To use Mind Growth Education’s
features and benefits from your computer, you need the most
up-to-date version of your web browser. For the best experience,
update your browser or switch to another one. Mind Growth Education
supports Google Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge, Safari, and Opera.
3) If both of these recommendations
do not work, please email, Isabelle, your Mind Growth Education
representative, with your question(s) and she’ll be happy to help.
Email: fundraising@mindgrowtheducation.com
* Fundraising
Q: Can my PAC collect offline funds?
A: Using our online fundraising
platform allows you to avoid having to handle and manage cash.
However, if the person is not able to give online, many PACs have
accepted cash or cheques and then personally contribute the exact
amount online afterwards. Contribute here: http://fundrazr.com/tipaskan2023
Q: Do the contributors get tax receipts?
A: Unfortunately, no. Contributions
made to a personal fundraiser, rather than a charity fundraiser, are
generally considered to be personal gifts and are not guaranteed to
be tax-deductible. But, you can always check with a tax professional
to be sure. You will not be issued a tax receipt from FundRazr nor
Mind Growth Education. That being said, contributors do receive
access to our digital coupon sheet with great savings on awesome
stuff (candles, soaps, bath bubbles, digital reading log program,
etc.) as a thank you gift for any contribution $10 or more.
Q: How do I view our school’s online fundraising efforts?
A: Go to your Master Campaign page
where you will be able to see your school's online fundraising
efforts (http://fundrazr.com/tipaskan2023).
Q: How do I make an online contribution?
A: Step #1: Go to the following link:
http://fundrazr.com/tipaskan2023. Step #2: Click
on the "CONTRIBUTE" button. Easy as that!
Q: Where do our contributions go?
A: 85% of the net funds raised by
this Read-A-Thon Fundraiser will help purchase new outdoor
recreational equipment suitable for Edmonton winters. The remaining
15% goes towards Mind Growth Education to help cover costs such as
subscription cost, administrative fee + the Paypal or Stripe payment
processing fees and transaction costs.
* Thank you prizes
Q: What will our school or participants receive from Mind
Growth Education for participating in this Read-A-Thon event?
A: Each class will receive a
certificate of achievement. You will also receive a certificate
stating how many trees your school has collectively planted during
your event! Your PAC might have organized prizes also, so please
consult with them for more information.
