St. Louis Ben Carson Book Battle

In December, the Carson Scholars Fund issued a challenge to all of the St. Louis Ben Carson Reading Room schools.  The school that read the most leisure minutes would be rewarded with a rare visit by Dr. Carson.  The 482 students at Gateway Middle School for Science and Technology rose to the challenge and logged over 24,000 minutes of reading in a five week period.  This past Friday, Dr. and Mrs. Carson made good on their promise by visiting the school.  The visit consisted of an all-school assembly, where Dr. Carson shared his insight and philosophy on learning, success, and life.  To read Candy Carson’s event commentary, click here.