Addison Trail and Willowbrook Library Media Centers host programs to encourage lifelong readers

Throughout the school year, Addison Trail and Willowbrook students participated in two statewide reading programs – Read for a Lifetime and The Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award.

Rose Janusz, District 88 Library Media Center Director, is pleased to announce participants in these programs read a total of 1,200 books. To complete each program, a participant must read a minimum of four books. Nearly 60 students completed The Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award program, and nearly 120 students completed the Read for a Lifetime program – which is a new record.

Participants also were able to enter a raffle drawing, and their chances of winning increased based on the number of books they read. This year’s winners of NOOK e-readers are freshman Alyssa Ramos and senior Rosalind Macho from Addison Trail and senior Mohammed Hassan and sophomore Rock Mason from Willowbrook.

Winners of gift cards to various local restaurants are junior Atika Hemani, freshman Natalia Salamon, sophomore Kaitlin Martinez, sophomore Christine Mercado, sophomore Jacqueline Diaz and sophomore Jonathan Loi from Addison Trail and freshman Isabella Ledonne, junior Meharu Nisa, sophomore Muhammed Naveed, sophomore Liliaibeth Vera, junior Julia Smith and freshman Humna Ahmed from Willowbrook. To celebrate this achievement, the library media centers will host a pizza party on May 22 at Willowbrook and on May 28 at Addison Trail to congratulate everyone who completed these programs.