WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) â Nearly 2,800 elementary students across Wichita took home new books last week, thanks to a citywide effort to prevent summer learning loss and build literacy skills at an early age.
A total of 5,572 books were distributed to 2,786 Kâ3 students across 13 Wichita Public Schools as part of the 2025 Champions for Literacy initiative â a national campaign that pairs sports with reading advocacy. Each student received two books and additional resources to support reading at home.
The effort comes in response to sobering figures from the Kansas Department of Education showing that 77% of Wichita third graders were not reading proficiently in the 2023â2024 school year…