With more than 7 million minutes of reading logged, Atlanta Public Schools students, staff and community partners continue to Race2Read 20 minutes daily towards our 10-million-minute goal. Here is an update on our top readers!
Winter Reading Challenge Winners
Crawford Long MS (Principal Lisa Hill), Sarah Smith ES (Principal Emily Boatright), and Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy (Principal Yolanda Weems) are our victorious winners of the Penguin Random House Winter Reading Challenge! These three APS schools will share $50,000 worth of books and author visits with libraries and schools across the nation who read and logged the most minutes during the month of January.
Top Schools
Below are our top 10 schools in terms of minutes logged. Please note: total minutes logged for each school is not disclosed, rather the percentage of school goal is listed below, as each school has an individual goal based on the number of enrolled students. TAG Academy is leading in both minutes logged and percentage of school goal met!
| School | Percentage of School Goal Met |
| 1. Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy | 100% |
| 2. North Atlanta High School | 36% |
| 3. Crawford Long Middle School | 85% |
| 4. Morris Brandon Elementary School | 49% |
| 5. Garden Hills Elementary School | 79% |
| 6. Sarah Smith Elementary School | 35% |
| 7. Deerwood Academy | 99% |
| 8. Sylvan Hills Middle School | 88% |
| 9. Hollis Innovation Academy | 44% |
| 10. Mary Lin Elementary School | 29% |
Top Adult Readers
Ketchia Woods is a second-grade teacher at Hollis Innovation Academy and among our top adult Race2Read participants. 
Shanna Miles is a media specialist at South Atlanta High School and among our top adult Race2Read participants.
Shanna Miles, a media specialist at South Atlanta High School, says South Atlanta HS has “had fantastic buy-in from our teachers and students. We’ve been able to start a few school-based challenges in addition to those sponsored by the District and Beanstack. Our top reader has logged over 13,000 minutes, and we currently have school-wide challenges that students can participate in. There is the Walking With Walk challenge, spearheaded by 3DE and Social Studies Teacher Keene Walker, which focuses on Black and Latino history, social activism and entrepreneurship. With a donation from V-103’s Gregg Street there will be a cash prize by the most improved reader.” Miles is just finished reading “The Field Guide to the North American Teenager” by Ben Phillipe, a book she describes as “cute. I’m not usually a contemporary YA (young adult) reader, but it was a different kind of fish-out-of-water tale.”
| Name | Affiliation | Minutes Logged |
| 1. Lorrae Walker | Hollis Innovation Academy | 15,838 |
| 2. Ketchia Woods | Hollis Innovation Academy | 15,726 |
| 3. Joi Williams | Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy | 13,170 |
| 4. Oreta Hinamon Campbell | Humphries Elementary School | 12,710 |
| 5. Shanna Miles | South Atlanta High School | 7,942 |
| 6. Lindsey Kilgore | Humphries Elementary School | 7,219 |
| 7. Jestine Taylor | Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy | 6,480 |
| 8. Patrick Baughman | Community Partner | 5,730 |
| 9. Marijane Sanders | Community Partner | 5,150 |
| 10. Letitia Green | Community Partner | 5,140 |
Kudos to the Patrice Laird-Walker and Jennifer Saunders of the APS Media Services team and our wonderful medial specialists across the District for leading our Race2Read! To learn more and join the race, go to www.beanstack.com/race2read
Talk Up APS 
Leave a Reply