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AR Celebrations! 🎉 We proudly celebrated 266 students who earned 100+ AR points and 99 students who read over 7 digits in words! 📚👏Great job, Grizzlies — the sky is the limit! 🌟 We can’t wait to hear about your summer reading adventures! 📖☀️ @McAllenISD @annvega

It’s National Library Week! What draws YOU to the library? The possibilities are endless—discover new books, explore STEM opportunities, get book recommendations, build a LEGO Dobby, or just relax with your next great read! #NationalLibraryWeek @McAllenISD @annvega

Our Grizzlies explored poetry by creating their own free verse poems and enjoying snippets of Inside Out & Back Again. Some even chose their next read to be in verse! #NationalPoetryMonth #GrizzlyReaders @McAllenISD @annvega

Twin Up and Read On! 📚✨ Grizzlies closed out Read Across America Week by matching in style! We celebrated literacy with Dr. Seuss, Dav Pilkey, Kwame Alexander, among others! Thanks for joining the fun—keep reading! #GrizzlyReaders #ReadAcrossAmerica @McAllenISD @annvega

Reading makes you bright! ✨ Our Grizzlies dove into The Rainbow Fish and discovered the beauty of kindness and sharing. They truly sparkled with their acts of kindness! #GrizzlyReaders #KindnessInAction @McAllenISD @annvega

Reading is groovy! Celebrate with a Pete the Cat read-aloud and design your own shirt—buttons, no buttons, or even a belly button. It’s your choice! #ReadingIsGroovy #PeteTheCat @McAllenISD @annvega

Be a Hero—Read Every Day! 📚 Happy Birthday, @DavPilkey! We celebrated by reading Dog Man and creating our own comic characters. #HappyBirthdayDavPilkey #ReadEveryDay @McAllenISD @annvega

Hats off to reading! We’re celebrating Read Across America with a Dr. Seuss-inspired STEM challenge. Take a look at their creative designs! #ReadAcrossAmerica #DrSeuss #STEM @McAllenISD @annvega

Wrapping up the week with exciting news! Check out our Library Highlights showcasing our student leaders in reading and their creative origami projects. #Origami #ReadersareLeaders @McAllenISD @annvega

We are thrilled about Read Across America! Please join us in next week’s events and celebrate the joy of reading. #readacrossamerica @McAllenISD @annvega

So proud of our Grizzlies! They showed incredible teamwork and dedication, earning Team Spirit and bringing home 2nd Place in the Battle of the Books! What an amazing experience—congratulations to our readers! @McAllenISD @annvega @esc1library

Battle of the Books! Our Grizzlies are thrilled for this amazing opportunity and can’t wait to meet Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan, authors of Save Me a Seat! #ReadyToRead #BattleOfTheBooks @McAllenISD @annvega

Our 4th Six Weeks has wrapped up—check out our Gonzalez Library Highlights! Together, we’ve read 61,168,144 words! Our February goal was 65 MVPs (7-digit readers), and we’re so close! Let’s finish strong, Grizzlies! #GonzalezReads #ReadingGoals @McAllenISD @annvega

Our library is a welcoming space for all! Whether you’re reading, creating on Canva, crafting, or solving puzzles, there’s always something fun to do. #GonzalezReads #LibraryFun @McAllenISD @annvega

🌟 Huge shoutout to Amelia Gerold, a 4th grader who just hit 1,000 AR points—her end-of-year goal! 🎉 What an incredible achievement! Keep shining, Amelia! 📚👏 #ReadingChampion #1000PointClub #GonzalezGrizzlies @McAllenISD @annvega

Kicked off Black History Month with Lonnie Johnson! Our February challenge: invent something to solve an everyday problem! Excited for all the submissions! Meanwhile, our lower grades loved Grumpy Groundhog and learned three fun facts! @McAllenISD @annvega

Our Grizzlies are outdoing themselves! I challenged them to reach 50 MVP Readers by the end of January—and they did it! Next goal: 65 MVP Readers by the end of February! Let’s do this, Grizzlies! #ReadingChampions #GrizzlyPride

Our weekly library highlights are in! We’re thrilled to announce we’re nearing 50 Grizzlies who have read 7 digits in words. Amazing work, readers! 📚✨ @McAllenISD @annvega

Our Grizzlies created vision boards for the New Year, inspired by The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi. Persistence and the power of ‘yet’ guided their goals! #goals #NewYear shorturl.at/d7hyl @McAllenISD @annvega

Champions! 🏆 A big shoutout to our BOB team for their hard work and dedication. You did it! 📚 #BOBVictory @McAllenISD @annvega