Hinkle Creek Elementary Principal Jack Lawrence ‘shook it off’ when his students and staff laughed at his outfit during a school-wide assembly before spring break on March 27. Lawrence challenged his students to read a certain amount in and outside of school – and lost.
“I challenged them on Jan. 6, the first day back for the second semester, to read two million minutes,” he said. “If they did they could vote whether I got a Mohawk or dressed up like Taylor Swift. It wasn’t even close at all.”
Lawrence, who has a history of creating crazy incentives to challenge students, enjoys the reaction of his students when they work hard.
“It’s all for the kids, something silly to get them going,” he said. “One of the most important things we do is teach reading. Obviously, we know the more they enjoy reading the better readers they are going to be. We need to instill that value to them – to enjoy reading. It’s critical in younger years.”
