Article posted: 9/10/2012 12:01 PM

Highland Hounds devour books in summer reading challenge

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Highland Elementary School Principal Steve Johnson joins teachers and students in celebrating the school's victory in the Elgin Area School District U-46 Summer Reading Program. More than 70 percent of the school's population completed the challenge, which is sponsored by Superintendent Jose Torres.

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The results of U-46 Superintendent Jose Torres' Summer Reading Challenge in U-46 are in and there are two schools that will win a visit from the Jesse White Tumblers. Highland Elementary School wins based on the highest percentage of the student enrollment finishing the summer reading program at 27.4 percent. Sheridan Elementary School also wins by showing the greatest percentage increase in finishers at a whopping 777 percent increase over 2011.