Congratulations!

At Memphis Street Academy, students are required to read for 1 hour per day - half an hour in school and half an hour at home.  However, Startup Tech meets during independent reading.  That means that Startup Tech students must do all their reading at home, with no teacher reminding them or making sure they fill out their reading logs.  This requires a great deal of self-motivation and mutual support among classmates.

Not only is Startup Tech the only classroom in the building in which every student is current on reading, we were the first class to have everyone at 100 steps for the year (25 hours of reading) and the first class to have everyone at 200 steps for the year (50 hours of reading).  On Friday, we were recognized with a banner and a parade around the school. Later, we will get free books and a field trip to reward our accomplishment.

Great job, Startup Tech!