RIVERSIDE – Edwin Gomez, Ed.D., Riverside County superintendent of schools, announced a Three Million Word Reading Challenge for students in Riverside County. As part of the ongoing Literacy by 5th Grade Initiative, the challenge will coincide with the annual National Read Across America activities that began Wednesday, March 2.To participate, students will utilize the free Footsteps2Brilliance literacy apps that are available to all students in Riverside County from transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. The top five readers in the Footsteps2Brilliance program will receive an Amazon Kindle. Additional prizes will also be awarded by individual school districts. The challenge will run until Saturday, April 30.“Goal-setting is an essential tool in achieving greatness in a
