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Woodlynde School Ranks First in Pennsylvania Great Reading Games
Woodlynde School placed as the top school in Pennsylvania during the Great Reading Games sponsored by Learning Ally.
Woodlynde School placed as the top school in Pennsylvania during the Great Reading Games sponsored by Learning Ally, a technology tool and online resource that includes more than 80,000 audiobooks.
The Great Reading Games is a seven-week nationwide competition between schools to see who can use Learning Ally the most. With more than 220 Woodlynde students registered to use Learning Ally, Woodlynde earned 100 for points each time a Woodlynde student read 20 minutes during the week and 50 points for each time a Woodlynde student read 20 minutes on weekends.
Over 1,200 schools competed in the Great Reading Games across the country. Nationally, Woodlynde finished in 27th place, with students using Learning Ally to read 5.3 million pages in just seven weeks.
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Director of Woodlynde School’s Literacy Institute, Penny Moldofsky is overjoyed, stating, “The best part of the past seven weeks was that it was a concerted effort on the part of teachers and students to use this technology to enjoy books in a way that promotes comprehension, access to material that is age and interest appropriate, and to discover how to employ study tools that improve discussions, note-taking, and essay writing.”
Learning Ally is just one of many assistive technology tools made available to help support Woodlynde students. Each Woodlynde student in grades 6-12 receives a personal laptop loaded with individualized assistive technology to serve their unique needs.
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Located in Strafford, Woodlynde School is a 40-year-old college prep school for students in grades K through 12 with language- or math-based learning differences, ADD/ADHD, Auditory Processing Disorder, or Executive Function Disorder. Woodlynde students gain access to caring experts in education, thrive in a nurturing environment, benefit from specialized teaching methods, rise to the challenge of a college prep curriculum, and emerge with the tools and self-confidence for success and happiness in college, career, and life.
