Literacy Challenge
The Read to the Final Four program is an annual literacy challenge aimed at creating a lifelong love and interest in reading for students across the state of Arizona.
In anticipation of the 2026 Women’s Final Four, the NCAA and the Phoenix Local Organizing Committee (PLOC) have teamed up to once again host Read to the Final Four to inspire and incentivize third graders to develop their reading abilities. Schools, teachers, and students participating in this tournament-style program have the chance to win fun prizes and compete to be named the Championship school.
Created to support the NCAA’s commitment to education, Read to the Final Four was launched during the 2016 Final Four and has since made a lasting impact with thousands of students in several host cities across the nation having recorded over 121 million minutes of reading. Ahead of the 2024 NCAA Men’s Final Four, Arizona third graders read more than 20 million minutes!
If you are a principal, librarian, or third grade teacher and would like to register your school, please email [email protected]