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Fifteenth Annual Reading Rainbow Contest
Here are some fun facts about the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow Contest!
Lots of Stories!
We had 904 entries this year. Here's how the entries break down by grade:
Kindergarten - 103 entries
First Grade - 141 entries
Second Grade - 229 entries
Third Grade - 209 entries
Fourth Grade - 114 entries
Fifth Grade - 108 entries |
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 Girls Rule!
548 girls entered the contest.
356 boys entered the contest.
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 To the Top
If all of the children who entered the contest stood on each other's shoulders, they would reach the top of Cannon Mountain!
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 If Only!
If we had a dollar for every word written in all the stories submitted, we would have $191,746! |
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 Picture Perfect
If we wanted to hang all of the pictures created for the contest, we would need 5,768 picture frames! |
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Here, There and Everywhere!
Where did the stories come from?
780 stories from New Hampshire children.
68 stories from Massachusetts children.
23 stories from Virginia children.
14 stories from Maine children.
14 stories from Pennsylvania children.
3 stories from New York children.
3 stories from Vermont children.
1 story from a child in Michigan.
1 stories from a child in Tennessee.
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 Here are the top 10 cities by number of stories submitted:
1. Rochester, NH - 74 entries, 4 winning stories
2. Manchester, NH - 70 entries, 5 winning stories
3. Milton, NH - 54 entries, 3 winning stories
4. Nashua, NH - 39 entries, 9 winning stories
5. Andover, MA - 37 entries, 6 winning stories
6. Hollis, NH - 30 entries, 1 winning stories
6. Litchfield, NH - 30 entries, 3 winning stories
7. Barrington, NH - 27 entries, 4 winning stories
7. Temple, NH - 27 entries, 0 winning stories
8. Alton, NH - 23 entries, 5 winning stories
8. Bristol, VA - 23 entries, 0 winning stories
9. Fremont, NH- 20 entries, 1 winning story
11.Canterbury, NH- 19 entries, 0 winning stories
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