A Passion Northeast Middle School is hooked on books. Teachers here believe that if a child can read well, he or she can perform well in all academic areas. The school's Accelerated Reader program requires all students to accumulate at least 25 reading points in each nine-week grading period. Points are earned by reading a book, then being tested on it for comprehension.
Every grade level has two reading teams.
As the kids begin to read, they tell you how excited they are about it. They see books as their friends. They've gone way beyond the standard. To get students motivated, teachers may tease their appetites by reading aloud from a particular book, or tell them a little bit about it to get their interest. And the kids do.