The members of the Hazlet Police Department are very excited to for our 4th annual “500 Minutes of Summer” Reading Initiative! This program is intended for children entering grades 1 through 6 and is designed to reward children for reading throughout the summer! Here’s how it works:
There are 10 weeks of summer vacation starting June 24th, so reading for ten minutes a day, five days a week, Monday through Friday, or however you and your child break it up, equals 500 minutes by the first week of September.
Every time your child reads for ten minutes, they will color in one of the police badges on the following page for our program. When all of the badges are colored in –equaling 500 minutes—you may bring them to the Hazlet Police Station at 255 Middle Road to meet with one of our officers. Your child will be rewarded with a small prize and maybe even a tour of the police station to celebrate their hard work!
Your child may read any age or level-appropriate books for this program. We ask that you list the books read on the back of the coloring sheet so your child can see how much they accomplished!
This program will begin the week of June 24th and end the first week of September.
Some suggested reading topics are books celebrating our community helpers, stories that make us laugh, stories that make us hope, and stories that remind us to be kind!
We hope that your child participates in this reading incentive, and we look forward to celebrating all of the wonderful books that everyone is reading this summer!
Please submit the following form at 255 Middle Road Hazlet NJ (Police Headquarters) to a police Officer before the first day of school.