Our News
- Iditaread - An All-time High!
March 27, 2008
We finished our Iditaread activities with a record number of
pages read - 197,611 pages to be exact. Also, all students
involved completed "the race" by reading over 1,049 pages.
We are so excited for our students who read this year.
- Lance Mackey Wins the Iditarod
March 14, 2008
Lance Mackey won his second Iditarod today. We have been
keeping track of the mushers and their progress. We are
still excited as the rest of our mushers as they cross the
finishline.
- Iditaread - The Race is On!
January 9, 2008
Students at Cypress Kids Club are already on the trail for the
Iditaread. The Iditaread is a reading program based on the
Alaskan sled dog race, the Iditarod. Students
participating in the Iditaread program read one page for every
mile that the mushers travel - that's 1,049 miles or 1,049
pages! The Iditarod officially begins March 1st, but students
get a head start. Already Walker H. has crossed the finished
has read over 1,072 pages since students began counting on
January 2 making him our first to cross the finish line. We
anticipate a few more students cross the finish line in the next
few weeks.
- Cypress Kids Club Visits Adam
Putnam
October 19, 2007
The school holiday gave Cypress Kids Club students the perfect
opportunity to visit our favorite congressman, Adam Putnam.
The students presented to Mr. Putnam our light bulbs from Lights
On Afterschool in order to help support Project 2012, which
would provide free afterschool to all children.
- Lights on Afterschool is a Success
October 18, 2007
Cypress Kids Club celebrated the seventh annual national
afterschool awareness day. Students decorated light bulbs,
gave their parents and signed up for our newest program feature,
clubs. Also, our kindergarten students joined us for an
open house to help prepare them for their transition into the
tutoring program setting on Monday, October 22.
- Cypress Kids Club Celebrates
Patriot's Day
September 11, 2007
Students from Cypress Kids Club visited the Cypress Gardens Fire
Station today in order to recognize our local heroes. The
students, ranging from first to sixth grade, sang songs, read
poems, and awarded certificates to the firemen and paramedics.
They also presented the station with pictures drawn by the
students decrypting how they are our heroes.
- Cypress Kids Club Is Remodeling
July 28, 2007
Cypress Kids Club is currently remodeling their building on
Register Road. The building is being updated and
refurbished for the upcoming school year. Be sure to watch
for improvements.
