Accelerated Reader certificates are presented to students a couple weeks after the end of each quarter.  The 4th quarter certificates are given to the students a week or so after the AR deadline.  (The deadline this year is May 8 for grades K-7 and May 1 for 8th grade.)  The criteria for earning the certificates are as follows:

STUDENT MUST INDEPENDENTLY READ AND PASS QUIZZES ON THREE BOOKS WITH A 1.2 OR HIGHER BOOK LEVEL, AND ACCUMULATE 10 POINTS. ALL QUIZZES USED FOR CERTIFICATIONS MUST MEET THE MINIMUM SCORING REQUIREMENT.

STUDENT MUST READ AND PASS QUIZZES ON THREE BOOKS WORTH AT LEAST ONE POINT EACH, AND ACCUMULATE 5 POINTS. ALL QUIZZES USED FOR CERTIFICATIONS MUST MEET THE MINIMUM SCORING REQUIREMENT.

STUDENT MUST READ AND PASS QUIZZES ON THREE BOOKS WORTH AT LEAST 2 POINTS EACH AND MEET THE MINIMUM SCORING REQUIREMENTS ON THOSE QUIZZES.

STUDENT MUST READ AND PASS QUIZZES ON THREE BOOKS WITH A 5.0 OR HIGHER BOOK LEVEL AND WORTH 5 OR MORE POINTS EACH AND MEET THE MINIMUM SCORING REQUIREMENTS ON THOSE QUIZZES.

STUDENT MUST READ AND PASS QUIZZES ON THREE BOOKS WITH A 7.0 OR HIGHER BOOK LEVEL AND WORTH 10 OR MORE POINTS EACH AND MEET THE MINIMUM SCORING REQUIREMENTS ON THOSE QUIZZES.