Bookworm Students Win iPad Minis

Two students were awarded with iPad Minis Dec. 17 as winners of the Baker's Book Club, the first fall reading program at the San Bernardino County Library. The iPads were presented to Citlaly Placencia, 12, and Dilshad Singh, 14, both of Muscoy, from San Bernardino County Supervisor Josie Gonzales, donated to motivate students to read more books during the Baker’s Drive-Thru sponsored book club. Placencia read a total of 5,667 pages during the 49-day reading program and Singh read a total of 2,827 pages. Of the 7,430 students who signed up for the book club, Placencia, a 7th grader at Chavez Middle School, and Singh, a freshman at Cajon High School, each read the most pages in their respective age categories. Supervisor Gonzales said during the awards presentation,"Today we celebrate two students who dedicated themselves to achievement through reading. This valuable partnership made possible by Baker’s Drive-Thru and the San Bernardino County Library aims to instill a love for reading in our young children. Giving students that passion to read gives them a key to academic success and personal achievement." The reading program ran at all county libraries between Oct. 6 and Nov. 23, and children ages 4 to 17 were incentivized with prizes from Baker's Drive-Thru including free milkshakes and hamburgers to a grand-prize drawing for a Kindle Fire. In the program, parents were required to monitor their children's reading progress and sign off on their page logs. “Reading is one of the most important skills a child needs in order to succeed in life,” County Librarian Leonard Hernandez said. “Our libraries are proud to partner with Baker’s Drive-Thru and Fifth District Supervisor Josie Gonzales in creating a reading program that motivated so many young people to exercise this important skill.”