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Blues Bookworms
Registration is Now Open for Next Year's Program

The Blues Bookworms Program is a literary initiative to encourage students in grades K – 6 to spend more of their leisure time reading. The free program is available to students in the greater metropolitan St. Louis area and runs from October to January.

During the 2008-09 season, the Blues Bookworms program consisted of nearly 8,000 students in over 300 classrooms around the Greater St. Louis area. The students combined to record over 1,500,000 minutes read.

 Kids Love Bookworms!
With the chance to win Blues tickets, prizes and player appearances, the Blues Bookworms program brings excitement to children about reading. “This is a wonderful program, I know I will be participating in it next year,” said Ms. Crowley, a second grade teacher at Iveland Elementary.

During the 2008-09 season, Louie led the pack of Blues players to visit different schools who met the monthly goal of 250 minutes by each student in a month. Photo Gallery

In November 2008, Blues forward Cam Janssen and Louie awarded Ms. Shukar’s, Ms. Wess’s, and Ms. Leu’s classes, all from Lone Dell Elementary, with a visit to their school for reaching the monthly goal. A few days later, Ms. Wess sent the St. Louis Blues a follow-up email about the visit that said “Thanks again for a great day with Cam Janssen. He was wonderful and the kids had so much fun!!”

Blues Bookworms All-Stars for 2008-09

Congratulations to the nearly 1,000 students who met the Blues Bookworms program overall goal of 1,000 minutes read. These students received a free to the Blues Bookworms game on March 12, when the Blues take on the San Jose Sharks. All participating students received a special ticket offer for the game.

The following Blues Bookworms All-Stars were the top readers in their grade and will be recognized in game on the jumbotron, along with receiving a commemorative Bookworms gift and a meet and greet with a Blues player after the Blues Bookworms game.

Kindergarten
John
Ms. Barton - Henry Elementary

1st Grade
Aubrey
Ms. Beran - Bethalto East Elementary

2nd Grade
Sydney
Ms. Steurer - Fulton School

3rd Grade
Emma
Ms. Wagener - Mason Ridge Elementary
  4th Grade
Carley
Ms. Strozewski - St. Mary's Elementary

5th Grade
Joey
Ms. Schmitt - St. Jacob Elementary

6th Grade
Abby
Ms. Coleman - Hazelwood Middle


Thank You, Teachers!

From everyone at the St. Louis Blues, we would like thank you for all your hard work and dedication you put in everyday. We understand just how important reading is for children and thank you for your extra efforts to make the program successful in your classroom.

If you are interested in next season’s program, you can register your class by clicking here and filling out the form. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Randy Girsch at 314-589-5998.
 

How it Works


Each month, students record the number of minutes read using the form provided by the Blues. Forms should be initialed by a parent/guardian and submitted to teachers. Teachers then submit their list of total classroom minutes online to the Blues each month.

Every class that reaches or goes beyond the goal of 250 minutes per month per student will be entered into a drawing for a player appearance.* One classroom will be randomly selected each month to win a visit from a Blues player and prizes. All classes that reach their monthly goal will be highlighted on the Blues website, and may be eligible from a visit from other Blues celebrities such as Louie and Blues wives.

At the completion of the program in January, teachers will submit the names and total number of minutes read by their students (in addition to the number of minutes read in January). Students that read 1000 minutes or more total will score with a free ticket to Blues Bookworms Night during the 2009-10 season. A special ticket discount will be available for family members, and students that attend the game will be recognized as a group on the jumbotron.

*In order to be eligible to win a player appearance, each student in the classroom must read at least 250 minutes per month. If students do not read 250 minutes every month, they are still eligible for a free Blues ticket as long as they have read 1000 minutes by the end of January.

Every classroom that participates will receive bookmarks for each student and a Bookworms poster for the classroom.