Registration for the Jefferson County Public Library Summer Challenge is now open!
Color Our World is this year's Summer Challenge theme, and you and your family can participate from June 1 through July 31. Paint your summer days with reading, activities and events.
The Library Summer Challenge helps to combat the "Summer Slide," a recognized phenomenon of unlearning and stagnation that kids can face when school is out. Students who disengage from active learning during the summer break can lose up to 30 percent of the abilities they acquired in the previous school year. Reading and completing activities keep learners of all ages mentally engaged all summer long!
This year, we're Reading for a Cause, and your votes will determine which local organization the Jefferson County Library Foundation, opens a new window will help the most! We've picked three community organizations that help keep Jefferson County vibrant, and after you register and pick up your registration prize, vote for your favorite in person at any full-service location. Whether you prefer The Center on Colfax, opens a new window, Family Tree, opens a new window or The Action Center, opens a new window, though, each of them will get some love from JCLF. Our community's first choice will receive $500, second place receives $300, and third place gets $200.
The school contest, opens a new window also kicks off on June 1! When you register for the Library Summer Challenge, select the school you or your child will be attending in the fall. As students log reading and activities, the points automatically count toward the school competition! Any school that shows improvement in their Challenge Finisher rates from 2024 will be included in a drawing for their category's $800 Literary Improvement Prize. For more information about these rules, check out our School Contest page.
Log your progress starting June 1! If you participated in last year's program, sign in using your previous account. If this is your first time, create a new account and get to creating a summer full of learning and fun! To earn points and win prizes, track your progress online by downloading the Beanstack mobile app or pick up a paper tracker at any JCPL location. Check out the awesome prizes available to babies, kids, teens and adults, and continue the fun by posting some of the things you've learned or done during the Library Summer Challenge on social media. Just be sure to tag JCPL so we can see your progress!
Nurture your creative side this summer with JCPL!
A special thanks to our Color Our World sponsors for their support of JCPL this summer!
- Arvada Center, opens a new window
- Baroque Chamber Orchestra, opens a new window
- Bliss Frozen Yogurt, opens a new window
- The Colorado Creamery, opens a new window
- Colorado Rapids, opens a new window
- Colorado Rockies
- Comedy Works, opens a new window
- Denver Graffiti Tour, opens a new window
- Downtown Aquarium, opens a new window
- Golden History Tours, opens a new window
- Jefferson County Library Foundation
- Prismajic, opens a new window
- Shake Shack, opens a new window
- Standley Lake Stargazing, opens a new window
- Terror in the Corn, opens a new window