Volunteer
APRIL 4&6, 2025 AT AMALIE ARENA
Read to the Final Four presented by the Helios Education Foundation, is a unique reading challenge designed to engage elementary students of all ages and fuel their excitement for reading by incentivizing them along the way.
When the Women’s Final Four® returns to Tampa Bay for a record-setting fourth time on April 4-6, 2025, college basketball players won’t be the only ones competing for a title. More than 91,000 Hillsborough County elementary students (pre-K to fifth Grade) will be reading their way to the Women’s Final Four!
Each quarter presents an opportunity for schools, classes and students to earn prizes, including pizza parties, traveling banners, bookmarks, and other mementos. The top two schools from each of the seven Hillsborough County Public School District areas for the Third Grade March Madness Challenge will get to attend Tourney Town during the Women’s Final Four in April.
TOTAL MINUTES READ
Pre-K through 5th grade (through quarter 2 challenge)
4,693,003
THIRD QUARTER WINNERS (FEB 19. - MAR. 3)
4TH - 5TH GRADE
TOTAL MINUTES READ: 576,610
REGION 1: Shore Elementary (TOP SCHOOL)
REGION 2: Sullivan Elementary
REGION 3: Limona Elementary
REGION 4: Lincoln Elementary
REGION 5: Mintz Elementary
TN REGION 1: McDonald Elementary
TN REGION 2: Graham Elementary
SECOND QUARTER WINNERS (FEB 5. - FEB. 18)
1ST - 2ND GRADE
TOTAL MINUTES READ: 542,013
REGION 1: Lomax Elementary
REGION 2: Egypt Elementary
REGION 3: Schmidt Elementary
REGION 4: Lincoln Elementary (TOP SCHOOL)
REGION 5: Mintz Elementary
TN REGION 1: McDonald Elementary
TN REGION 2: Graham Elementary
FIRST QUARTER WINNERS (JAN. 21 - FEB. 4)
PK - 1ST GRADE
TOTAL MINUTES READ: 136,814
REGION 1: Shore Elementary
REGION 2: Northwest Elementary
REGION 3: Claywell Elementary
REGION 4: Lincoln Elementary (TOP SCHOOL)
REGION 5: Mintz Elementary
TN REGION 1: McDonald Elementary
TN REGION 2: Graham Elementary