Jess Harnelland Lagunita Elementary Host Kids' WB!
Kids' WB! Press Release
Mon, June 4, 2001 3:30 PM
KIDS "HAVE THE POWER" ON KIDS' WB!WHEN THEY TAKE OVER SATURDAY MORNING
ON JUNE 9
Lagunita Elementary School Reads The Most Books And Wins "The Premiere
Kids' WB! POKÉ-READ-A-RAMA Challenge"To Be The First-Ever School
to Co-Host Kids' WB! With Voice-Talent Guru JESS HARNELL
BURBANK, CA (May 30, 2001) - Kids' WB! sent a challenge to kids
and schools across America in March - to read as many books as they
could during "The Premiere Kids' WB! POKÉ-READ-A-RAMA Challenge."
The in-school reading initiative, supported by a national on-air
Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign, invited kids and schools
to participate in an exciting read-and-win program that rewarded
students for their participation and efforts to read. After a month
of fast and furious reading, the winning school is… Lagunita Elementary
School from Salinas, California.
As part of the grand prize winning package, students at Lagunita
Elementary School will be "stars" for a day - as the first-ever
school to co-host a morning and introduce Kids' WB!'s Saturday morning
line-up on June 9 (8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET/PT). Joining these winning
students to help co-host the morning event will be multi-talented
voice actor, Jess Harnell. Harnell is best known on Kids' WB! as
Wakko Warner of the popular animated series Steven Spielberg Presents
Animaniacs, and has done guest-voice appearances on other series,
including Warner Bros.' Histeria!
Lagunita Elementary is one of 65,000 schools across the country
invited to participate in "The Premiere Kids' WB! POKÉ-READ-A-RAMA
Challenge," an in-school literacy program that encourages kids to
read. The program was a national success - with a total of nearly
1 million books read by schools in 48 states and Washington D.C.
The reading initiative was developed under the direction and guidance
of Youth Media International Ltd. (YMI), and was sponsored by Kids'
WB! and Nintendo of America.
Lagunita Elementary won the grand prize by reading the most books
per student - 50 books per student! The students who read the most
books in their class received an esteemed "Pichu" Premiere Award
and a gift basket from Nintendo, given out as part of the reading
initiative. Additionally, Lagunita Elementary School received a
private screening of Pokémon 3 The Movie - the latest big-screen
Pokémon adventure, and will receive a $5,000 donation for their
school library. The reading program also awarded the additional
top nine schools who read the most books with a private screening
and donation to their school library.
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