Old Forge, NY – Enchanted Forest Water Safari partnered with New York State regional elementary schools in a reading program to promote extracurricular reading and literacy. The program, called Reading Safari, was introduced this year to area schools for grades Pre-K through sixth grade. As a result, the water park gave away 11,000 tickets to eligible students who logged a minimum of 2,750 days of total reading time during the program!

Individual schools organized a timeframe for students to participate by reading a minimum of six hours outside of school. Parents and students tracked the time spent reading at home by filling out a log and submitting it to their classroom teacher each week. Eligible students earned one free admission ticket to Enchanted Forest Water Safari, New York’s Largest Water theme park in Old Forge, NY for the 2024 summer season. The schools from our area that participated were:

• Adirondack School
• Antwerp Primary School
• Appleby Elementary School
• Augustinian Academy
• Aura A Cole Elementary
• Bashaw Elementary School
• Beaver River Elementary
• Bellevue Elementary School
• Benton Hall Academy
• Black River Elementary
• Boonville Elementary School
• Brewerton Elementary School
• Bridgeport Elementary
• Brownville Glen Park Elementary
• Burton Street Elementary
• C Grant Grimshaw
• Camden Elementary School
• Camden Middle School
• Canajoharie Middle School
• Carthage Elementary School
• Cato- Meridian Elementary
• Central Square Middle School
• Chittenango Middle School
• Cicero Elementary
• Classical Christian Academy
• Copenhagen Central School
• DeRuyter Central School
• Dexter Elementary
• Dolgeville Central School
• Durhamville Elementary
• E.A. McAllister Elementary School (VVS)
• East Hill Elementary
• Edmenston Central School
• Edward R. Andrews Elementary
• Emerson J Dillon Middle School
• ER Hughes Elementary
• Faith Fellowship Christian School
• First Steps Preschool
• General William Floyd Elementary (Holland Patent)
• Granby Elementary School
• Great Beginnings PreSchool
• Harts Hill Elementary
• Holland Patent Elementary
• Homer Elementary School
• Jarvis Middle School
• JDG Elementary (VVS)
• John F Hughes Elementary
• Kingsford Park Elementary
• LaFargeville Central School
• L Pearl Palmer Elementary School
• L.V. Denti Elementary School
• Lanigan Elementary
• Little Falls Middle School
• Lowville Elementary School
• Lyme Central School
• Madison Central School District
• Margaret W. Cuyler Elementary School
• Maynard P. Wilson Elementary
• McNamara Elementary School
• Mexico Elementary School
• Millard Hawk Elementary
• Mount Markham Elementary
• M.W. Cuyler Elementary
• Myles Elementary (New Hartford CSD)
• New York Mills Elementary School
• North Broad Street Elementary
• Notre Dame Elementary School
• Onondaga Road Elementary School
• OESJ Central School
• Oriskany Elementary School – NA Walbran
• Palermo Elementary School
• Philadelphia Primary School
• Pickett Homeschool
• Poland Central School
• Remsen Elementary
• Reynolds Elementary
• Richfield Springs Central School
• Ridge Mills Elementary
• River Valley Mennonite School
• Robert Bradley Elementary
• Roxboro Road Elementary School
• Salem Hyde Elementary School
• Sandy Creek Central School
• Seneca St Elementary
• South Jefferson Central School
• South Lewis Elementary
• South Lewis Middle School
• St. Mary’s School
• Stokes Elementary
• The New York School for the Deaf
• Theresa Primary School
• Town of Webb UFSD
• VanBuren Elementary
• Volney Elementary School
• WA Wettel Elementary (VVS)
• Webster School
• West Canada Valley
• West Carthage Elementary School
• West Genesee Middle School
• West Genesee School District (Split Rock Elementary)
• West Leyden Elementary
• Westmoreland Road Elementary
• Willard Prior Elementary

Water Safari Resort is a family-fun Adirondack Vacation Destination in Old Forge, NY featuring Enchanted Forest Water Safari, New York’s largest water theme park, Calypso’s Cove Family Fun Park featuring an Arcade, Mini-Golf, Go Karts, and more, Old Forge Camping Resort, a year-round campground featuring heated cabins and cottages, plus RV and tent sites, and Water’s Edge Inn, a lakefront hotel with guest rooms and luxury suites. Discounted weekday Stay ‘N Play packages available. www.WaterSafari.com