NORTH WALES – On Tuesday February 11th, members of the North Penn Knights football team visited various elementary schools to participate in the Reading Super Bowl. The Reading Super Bowl is an event in which players from the football team read to elementary school students around the district.
This is the tenth year that the Reading Super Bowl has occurred with 80 players going out to 234 classrooms to 5,500 students in the district.
“The reading Super Bowl began 10 years ago in 2004 when my oldest played for North Penn, and they read to 6 elementary schools and about 30 boys went out that year,” explained event organizer Cheryl Neubert.
The Reading Super Bowl is an important event showcasing the importance of reading.
“We have this event to foster an interest in reading across kindergarten to sixth grade reading all across the years. The students that are read to look to these guys as role models and the guys who go out are the role models for literacy and show these younger students what it’s like, what’s going to be happening in their lives here and give them something to look forward to,” continued Neubert.
Senior Jewel Rama, who read to students at Montgomery Elementary School, enjoyed the experience from all three years he has participated in the Reading Super Bowl.
“As a senior football player it’s something I thoroughly enjoy. It’s a bittersweet feeling knowing that it’s my last year doing it. It is something that the kids really enjoy and it’s something as athletes we really enjoy as well because it gives us a great opportunity to give back to the community which is always so supportive of us during the season,” concluded Rama.
After reading, the players distributed their trading cards which included their action shots alongside stats and their favorite book in elementary school.
Overall, the Reading Super Bowl was a successful event encouraging the love of reading district wide.