Colorado 7th grader reads 2 million words during summer break in English and Spanish

DENVER – A seventh grader at Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside has reached a milestone after he completed the school’s “Two Million Word Challenge.” Twelve-year-old Ayden Mejia-Solis has read 2,082,698 words since June 1. The goal was for all middle school students to read 2 million words during their summer break to prevent the summer slide. Mejia-Solis believed the experience would help him in the classroom.

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