Dixson/Grady Principal Dyes Hair to Get Students to Read
Dixson/Grady principal Wayne Harders came to school with purple and gold hair on Jan. 27. And it wasn't Halloween or a dye-job-gone-wrong.
Mr. Harders was simply keeping a promise to his K-6 students for accumulating more than 250,000 minutes of reading time in two-and-a-half weeks.
Gail Morrow's third-grade class, as it turns out, logged the most reading time - 55,747 minutes.
Dixson/Grady students far exceeded the initial goal of reading for a total of 157,261 minutes, by reading for 256,561 minutes, - an extra 99,300 minutes spent with their noses in books. Translated into hours, that's 4,276 hours!
Mr. Harders often brings "color" and fun to his role as principal, with such attention-grabbing traditions as greeting his students with a fire bell from the rooftop of Grady Elementary School on opening day. The hair-dyeing challenge will most likely become an annual event as well.
The Dixson/Grady Principal's Reading Challenge took place from Jan. 5-22, and culminated with Mr. Harders parading around school in his crazy coiffure on Jan. 28. Any and all books counted in the read-off, and students and parents were required to record the title of each book and minutes read in individual reading logs.
"Our students were inspired to read because they loved the idea of determining what their principal would look like," said Mr. Harders, who believes school should be a place of inspired learning. "They were just 'dyeing' to read!"
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