Belleville West Students Read 1.7 Million Pages in First Semester

At the start of the 2023-2024 academic year, the BW English Department challenged the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes to each read ONE MILLION PAGES of pleasure reading during this school year.

The SENIOR CLASS finished first semester with 416,183 pages.  They read 223,351 pages of pleasure reading during the second quarter.  That’s an average of 591 pages per senior.  These senior classes read the most pages per student:

Ms. Schaab, fourth hour – 1369 pages

Mr. Lodle, first hour – 1310 pages

Ms. Thurnau, seventh hour – 1095 pages

Mr. Lodle, second hour – 817 pages

Mrs. Story, second hour – 752 pages

Mrs. Lewis, fourth hour – 746 pages

Ms. Thurnau, fifth hour – 675 pages

Mrs. Story, third hour – 661 pages

Ms. Schaab, fifth hour – 548 pages

The JUNIOR CLASS finished first semester with 440,286 pages.  They read 258,495 pages of pleasure reading during the second quarter.  That’s an average of 573 pages per junior.  These junior classes read the most pages per student:

Mr. Garland, fifth hour – 5314 pages

Mr. Schobert, sixth hour – 831 pages

Ms. Hodson, sixth hour – 721 pages

Mr. Schobert, fifth hour – 710 pages

Mr. Brunner, first hour – 635 pages

Ms. Chalmers, first hour – 598 pages

Mr. Garland, sixth hour – 585 pages

Ms. Chalmers, second hour – 543 pages

Ms. Guebert, seventh hour – 521 pages

The SOPHOMORE CLASS finished first semester with 397,554 pages.  They read 209,849 pages of pleasure reading during the second quarter.  That’s an average of 440 pages per sophomore.  These sophomore classes read the most pages per student:

Ms. Schloesser, sixth hour – 1234 pages

Mr. Johnson, fifth hour – 651 pages

Mrs. Lewis, first hour – 569 pages

Ms. Hodson, third hour – 558 pages

Mr. Redielberger, third hour – 551 pages

Mr. Reidelberger, fourth hour – 489 pages

Ms. Chalmers, seventh hour – 436 pages

Mr. Johnson, second hour – 436 pages

Ms. Chalmers, sixth hour – 429 pages

The FRESHMAN CLASS finished first semester with 467,997 pages.  They read 278,138 pages of pleasure reading during the second quarter.  That’s an average of 598 pages per freshman.  These freshman classes read the most pages per student:

Ms. Mims, sixth hour – 1065 pages

Ms. Thurnau, third hour – 1048 pages

Ms. Mims, fifth hour – 978 pages

Mrs. Coyne, second hour – 862 pages

Ms. Schaab, first hour – 858 pages

Ms. Thurnau, first hour – 818 pages

Ms. Guebert, third hour – 748 pages

Ms. Mims, seventh hour – 720 pages

Mrs. Story, fourth hour – 645 pages

Mrs. Coyne, sixth hour – 638 pages

Mrs. Coyne, first hour – 629 pages

Ms. Thurnau, second hour – 600 pages

Mrs. Story, seventh hour – 540 pages

In the second quarter, every class read more pages than during the first quarter!  Compared to the first quarter, the sophomores read over 22,000 pages more.  The seniors read over 30,000 pages more.  The juniors read over 76,000 pages more.  And the freshmen read over 88,000 more!  If the classes keep building their reading pace like this, they can reach one million pages by the end of the year.  Visit the library, find some good books, and keep reading!