North Penn To Hold Super Bowl Reading Event For 5700 Kids

LANSDALE – More than 80 North Penn High School football players will participate in the 12th annual North Penn Reading Super Bowl event on Wednesday, February 3, the school district announced.

This event is held in conjunction with the date of the NFL Super Bowl. These readers will visit all 13 North Penn elementary schools and will read to more than 5,700 children in 251 classrooms across the district as part of the reading incentive program. Reading specialists at the elementary schools have chosen age-appropriate books for the football players to read to the students.

This program fosters an interest in reading in the elementary students and allows the high school students to act as role models for literacy.

For the twelfth consecutive year, the NPHS football players will have real trading cards highlighting statistics, including their favorite book, to hand out to the students.

In 2005, this event began with 30 football players visiting eight elementary schools. Twelve years later, the activity has flourished into every elementary school and reaches out to more than 5,700 elementary-aged children.

The 12th annual Reading Super Bowl event will be held at various times at all thirteen North Penn elementary schools. Please contact Cheryl Neubert at neuberce@npenn.org for these times or for more information regarding the event.