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Beanstack

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Beanstack

Beanstack is a library-sponsored online tool allowing students and staff the ability to log their reading, either by the minute or by the book.  At Seneca Middle School, it is used as a school-wide motivational competition in which students, faculty, and staff log their reading minutes and books in order to reach a common school goal. In its inaugural year of use, the participation in and enthusiasm for the program have been phenomenal and the competition among the grade levels has been fierce. 

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Beanstack Statistics (as of the end of December)

410, 707 total minutes logged by students and staff!

  6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
Total # of students 302 260 265
Active Beanstack Participants 287 190 220
Percent Beanstack Participation 95% 73% 83%
Total Minutes Logged 113,841 44,416 59,689
Average Minutes Per Participating Student 396 233 271

 

Young man sits at a library table reading a book.

 
A group of students and a teacher sit in the library reading.

 
Two female students sit a a table enjoying the books they are reading.