- November 26, 2024
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+Second-grader earns 100 Reading Counts Points
Daniel Zsizsek, a second-grade student in Debbie Kryspin's class, is the first second-grader at Wadsworth Elementary Sschool to reach 100 Reading Counts points this school year.
“This is quite an honor, and we are all very proud of his accomplishments,” Kryspin said. “He reads every chance he can get and takes Reading Counts tests often.”
Reading Counts is a program that allows students to take comprehension quizzes on selected books. The points they earn increase with the difficulty of the books. The program supports the theory that children who read more often are more fluent readers and achieve higher comprehension skills.
Zsizsek earned a reading medal for reaching this goal. He has already set a new goal to reach 200 points. When he does, he will be able to take the class mascot, R2D2, home for the weekend.
+SGA trick-or-treats for canned foods on Wellington Drive
The Student Government Association of Flagler Palm Coast High School trick-or-treated for canned foods on the inner circle of Wellington Drive Wednesday, Oct. 31.
In an effort to support the Flagler County Food Bank, the students dropped Trick-or-Treating for Canned Goods flyers off last week, letting residents know that SGA members would be back on Halloween.
Members, some dressed in costume, went door-to-door, under the supervision of their adviser, Cheryl Perry, and collected 393 items.
+Students learn the dangers of tobacco
The countywide Students Working Against Tobacco group created a chain made of red paper links for those they know who have died from tobacco use and those they love who they would like to see quit. The chain is on display in the lunch room at Flagler Palm Coast High School.
“We want to prevent kids from ever starting to smoke, and we want to prevent more people from dying because of tobacco,” said Terry Williams, a tobacco prevention specialist with the Flagler County Health Department. “The best way to reduce the 1,200 tobacco-related deaths each day is to prevent kids from ever starting to smoke.”
According to statistics from Williams, 90% of all smokers start by age 18. In Florida, for every 88 people who die from tobacco-related diseases, 100 kids become new smokers every year.
“The tobacco companies know this, and that's why they target kids as replacement smokers for the customers they kill,” Williams said.
The chain will be moved throughout the schools and community as a reminder of the 1,200 lives lost each day.
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