Registration Now Open for Stu & Ivy’s Reading Club
SOUTH BEND, IN – As classes resume following winter break, teachers and administrators can now sign up their students for Stu & Ivy’s Reading Club, presented by 1st Source Bank. The program is open to all students K-8 in counties across Michiana. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR CLASS OR SCHOOL
SOUTH BEND, IN – As classes resume following winter break, teachers and administrators can now sign up their students for Stu & Ivy’s Reading Club, presented by 1st Source Bank. The program is open to all students K-8 in counties across Michiana.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR CLASS OR SCHOOL
Stu & Ivy’s Reading Club is an incentive-based reading program where teachers set goals for their students to match the reading levels in their classroom. Each goal corresponds with a base on a baseball diamond and intended to last four weeks. The program begins March 3 to coincide with National Read Across America Day established by the National Education Association (NEA).
Students will be rewarded with prizes from the South Bend Cubs and local businesses for each goal completed. After students complete all four bases, they will receive a complimentary ticket to a South Bend Cubs home game, valid for the school’s designated Reading Club Night.
Registration is open until February 5 with packets scheduled to be delivered to participating schools the week of February 24. South Bend Cubs mascots Stu and Ivy will make appearances to selected schools who participate in the program. Due to the number of requests, appearances are limited.
Teachers and administrators can contact South Bend Cubs Account Executive Jake Klimcak by emailing [email protected] with questions or to sign up. Additional information can be found here.
About the South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs are the High-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. Over the past 35 seasons, the team has won five Midwest League titles, most recently in 2022, and captured nine division titles. In 2023, the organization was selected as the Single-A Bob Freitas Award recipient by Baseball America. Four Winds Field, home of the South Bend Cubs, was voted Best High-A ballpark in the country by Ballpark Digest in 2022 and 2023, having also won the award as a Low-A ballpark in 2017. In 2019, the South Bend Cubs hosted the final Midwest League All-Star Game. In 2015 the team was named Ballpark Digest's Team of the Year and received the John H. Johnson President's Award, the highest award in minor league baseball. The team is owned and operated by Swing-Batter-Swing, LLC whose principal shareholder is Andrew T. Berlin of Chicago, Ill.