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Read To Achieve Programs

Everybody Wins!, a mentoring program devoted to promoting children’s literacy and a love of learning through shared reading and experiences with adults. Employees of the Wizards and Verizon Center volunteer one lunch hour a week to partner up with a student at Walker Jones Elementary School near the arena.

Reading Timeout, read aloud events and shared reading activities, created to get children of all ages excited about reading and to promote the value of reading and online literacy. Time-outs are hosted once a month at a local school, organization, or library. Click here for more information about how you can invite a Wizards player to visit your classroom for a Reading Timeout.

National Poetry Month Contest: The Washington Wizards and Etan Thomas team up each year for the Annual Washington Wizards Slam-Jam Poetry Contest.

We encourage all students to express their individual personality through their writing.

Don’t miss this chance to show us your skills! Details for this year's contest will be posted later this season.

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