North Pole Elementary School principal Mark Winford replaces an inflatable unicorn horn on his head after holding true to his promise of dressing like a unicorn and jumping into a pool of Jell-O to reward his students for reaching their reading points goal of 24,000 Thursday afternoon, May 22, 2014 in the school gymnasium in North Pole, Alaska. The reading points are based on comprehension quiz scores the kids took after reading books. The students read over 35,000 books, compiling 24,793 points. (AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Eric Engman)
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