BIA Read-a-thon: That’s a Wrap!
Thank you, Brown International community! Because of you, our students showed up in a big way—reading their hearts out and helping us exceed our fundraising goal for this year’s Read-a-thon.
Together, we raised $33,991, boosted by a generous grandparent match, to support our school and our unique IB programming. We’re especially grateful for your efforts to spread the word with friends and family—your outreach made a huge difference in helping us reach and surpass our goal this year.
Presenting the Readathon Final Results for 2026
This Week’s Highlights
🎉 Total Minutes Read: 309,350
🎉 Total Funds Raised: $33,991 (exceeding our fundraising goal for this event!)
🎉 Weekly Raffle Winner: Lucas Morris (Team Redd)
🎉 Top Classes by Grade
ECE: Team Nelson — 2,165 minutes
Kindergarten: Team Walker — 7,116 minutes
1st Grade: Team Walsh — 9,447 minutes
2nd Grade: Team Garibaldi — 13,283 minutes
3rd Grade: Team Polston — 22,147 minutes
4th Grade: Team Lemoine — 58,568 minutes
5th Grade: Team Lewis — 21,879 minutes
🎉 Top Readers by Grade
ECE: Lydia Bell (Team Nelson) — 785 minutes
Kindergarten: Maverick Merritts (Team Walker) — 2,440 minutes
1st Grade: Levi Bell (Team Walsh) — 2,715 minutes
2nd Grade: Laurel Smith (Team Germ) — 1,981 minutes
3rd Grade: Bodhi Merritts (Team Wanamaker) — 4,077 minutes
4th Grade: Zac Dauper (Team Lemoine) — 9,803 minutes
5th Grade: Ashton Klare (Team Brinster) — 8,325 minutes
🎉 Overall Champions
Top Fundraiser: Owen Siegfried (Team Walker) — $1,425 raised
Top Reader: Oscar Scarantino, 5th Grade (Team Lewis) — 12,095 minutes
Miss Jeri awards to come 🤩
Congratulations to all our readers and supporters for an incredible Readathon! Thank you for showing up, supporting our students, and strengthening our community. What a way to head into spring break!
WEEK 3 READATHON RESULTS!
🎉 Overall Minutes: 200,470 minutes
🎉Overall Fundraising: $23,651
🎉Week 3 Raffle Winner:
Stella Cowgill from Team Garibaldi's 2nd Grade Class!
🎉TOP CLASS PER GRADE (total minutes)
Team Lemoine: 39,020 minutes
Team Wannamaker: 15,005 minutes
Team Brinster: 13,764 minutes
Team Garibaldi: 9,003 minutes
Team Walsh: 7,247 minutes
Team Cowan: 4,084 minutes
Team Nelson: 1,356 minutes
🎉TOP READER PER GRADE
5th Grade: Ashton Klare 5,400 minutes
4th Grade: Zac Dauper 7,613 minutes
3rd Grade: William Cowgill 3,036 minutes
2nd Grade: Laurel Smith 1,661 minutes
1st Grade: Levi Bell 2,054 minutes
Kinder: Sawyer Smith 1,060 minutes
ECE: Lydia Bell 535 minutes
🎉TOP OVERALL READER
Zac Dauper 7,613 minutes
Zac is in Ms Lemoine's 4th Grade Class
🎉TOP FUNDRAISER
Royce Bosse $1,110.00
Royce is in Ms Garibaldi's 2nd Grade Class
🤩CONGRATS to our top readers and to all the kiddos for working hard.
WEEK 2 READATHON RESULTS!
🎉 Overall Minutes: 136,552 minutes
🎉Overall Fundraising: $16,344
🎉Week 2 Raffle Winner:
Emmett Tramuta from Team Polston's 3rd Grade Class!
🎉TOP CLASS PER GRADE (total minutes)
Team Lemoine: 22,982 minutes
Team Brinster: 16,683 minutes
Team Wannamaker: 10,340 minutes
Team Garibaldi: 6,085 minutes
Team Walsh: 4,890 minutes
Team Cowan: 2,840 minutes
Team Nelson: 936 minutes
🎉TOP READER PER GRADE
5th Grade: Henry Ray 7,765 minutes
4th Grade: Georgia Maya 5,252 minutes
3rd Grade: William Cowgill 2,149 minutes
1st Grade: Levi Bell 1,539 minutes
2nd Grade: Laurel Smith 1,176 minutes
Kinder: Sawyer Smith 750 minutes
ECE: Lydia Bell 465 minutes
🎉TOP OVERALL READER
Henry Ray 7,765 minutes
Henry is in Ms Brinster's 5th Grade Class
🎉TOP FUNDRAISER
Owen Siegfried $825.00
Owen is in Kinder Ms Sammy's Class
🤩CONGRATS to our top readers and to all the kiddos for working hard.