A local school has partnered with 25 schools across the world with hopes of breaking a Guinness World Record for reading despite having dyslexia.

Each and every word read by those students at Schenck School in Sandy Springs is a moment to be cherished. They all have dyslexia, a language-based learning disability, which makes reading extremely difficult.

But in front of the camera, and in front of the world, they are reading -- out loud.

Channel 2's Fred Blankenship sat down with Gena Calloway, head of the Schenck School, which has 250 students - all with dyslexia.

"I think they are going to be heroes around here for the rest of the year," she told Blankenship.

She said all of the students volunteered on their day off for an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people reading a single book in a reading relay around the world.

Each child has been assigned a sentence in the book called "The Sword of Darrow."

Bella Samuels is in third grade, but being part of the competition makes her feel more like a graduate student.

"It's pretty cool to tell everybody that you can read and tell everybody that you don't have to read fast; that you can just read at your own speed."

Proud parent Shanna Smith shared that her daughter, Peyton's accomplishments bring her on the verge of tears
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"It's life-changing to have a place to learn and read. Reading is everything and to give her that power…. Well, I think of it more as a gift, not an obstacle because dyslexia actually gives you a higher IQ than most people," Smith said.

Although the results of the reading record contest are unknown, supporters said what matters most is that students at the Schenck School had the courage to try.