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Stanton Elementary's Top Reader, Jovani Oviedo-Reyes, on Track to Read 1 Million Words

Jovani Oviedo-Reyes is a bi-lingual student who loves to read and is being awarded by his school for reaching his goal.

PEOPLESTOWN — Jovani Oviedo-Reyes is a 4th grader at D.H. Stanton Elementary School who loves reading and has made it under APS' student spotlight this week on the Talk Up APS Blog.

According to the blog, Jovani "is currently at 762,565 words and is on track to reach 1,000,000 by the end of the year!"  Jovani will be participating in both the Reading Bowl and the Accelerated Reader competition this year.  His teachers say that, "he will mostly likely be the only student to read 1,000,000 words in this year’s competition."

“My favorite book is Red Pyramid, and it’s about magic,” Jovani said. “I would rather be reading an exciting story than watch it on a TV screen.”

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Brenda Street, D.H. Stanton's media specialist, says that Jovani is not only a model student because of the fact that he is easily reading books at a 6th grade level, but also because his parents only speak Spanish at home. Jovani speaks both English and Spanish, which makes his reading accomplishments all more impressive.

Congratulations Jovani and thanks for inspiring more students to get excited about reading!

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