HCS Wins at Summer READCamp!
September 10, 2025
For the fourth year in a row, HCS students in kindergarten through fifth grade participated in READCamp, a free virtual summer reading training camp for kids led by author and Super Bowl champion Malcolm Mitchell and his Share the Magic Foundation. Our students competed against over 56,000 students from all 50 states and five countries to see who would read the most books this summer.
This year, over 11,400 HCS students read over 24,000 books over the summer, with 1,330 students earning the title of “READCamp MVP” by reading at least 12 books. Another 1,580 students read at least eight books, making them “READCamp Champions.”
Our students have come a long way since our first participation in READCamp as a district in 2022, when over 2,200 students read about 15,000 books, with nearly 1,000 MVPs and approximately 600 Champions.
HCS is also proud to claim five of the top 10 READCamp readers in the world this year, including the top three: Ocean Bay Elementary’s Emma Coutore, Ocean Drive Elementary’s Liesyl Lamos, and Waterway Elementary’s Ansley Knopp. South Carolina was also the top-ranked state in the READCamp competition – primarily due to HCS students’ participation.
Congratulations to these top three students and also to everyone who read this summer, because reading is always a winning choice! We hope you all continue your reading habit this school year and participate in the Superintendent’s Reading Challenge. Remember that we all #RiseWithReading!