The Reading Program at Barnett kicked off with S.H.I.E.L.D. (Students Having Interesting Exciting Learning Days) showing up and offering support to Mrs. Angela Stoddard as she tried to combat the enticings of Evil Dr. Dropout (Mrs. Lisa Peterson). Dr. Dropout tried to persuade students to play video games, watch TV, and sleep instead of reading. However, when Chick Learny (Mrs. Gwen Spencer) came with her band of heroes--Captain Accuracy, More (books), the Incredible Bulk, Fluency Man, Book Reader, and Sharp Eye (Ms. Whitney Zylstra, Mr. Austin Cope, Mrs. Clea Comte, Mrs. Ronda Hair, Mrs. Megan Davies, and Mrs. Marah Koford, respectively),--Evil Dr. Dropout was booed out of the lunchroom by Barnett students. Students learned about the strategies and ways to become better readers from their super heroes, in addition to finding out some of the fun prizes for turning in reading calendars and reading at least 5 days each week. Some of the prizes include a popcorn party and pizza party with Mrs. Stoddard, taping a teacher to a wall, and two assemblies with fun prizes from which to choose. It was an exciting assembly, with the message, that all the students could be reading heroes, if they followed what the Reading Super Heroes were saying.
