Student Celebrations
John Muir's 'Bookettes' wins Global Reading Challenge Final
John Muir's 'Bookettes' won the Global Reading Challenge Final held April 2 at the Seattle Public Library central branch.
The John Muir team won the Seattle championship by one question. Team members, left photo, were: Thea Wilson, Bella Morrow, Tallulah Campbell, Kameko Davis, Lucy Kerr, Julia Mundell, and Jaila Willis. The coach was Steven Marsh, librarian at John Muir.
There were four teams (out of the 10 at the City Final) that tied for second place:
• Thurgood Marshall “Fire Breathing Chickens”
• Hawthorne “Huskies”
• Orca “Rise of the Readers”
• John Hay “Smart Mustaches
The Global Reading Challenge is a Battle of the Books program for 4th- and 5th-graders enrolled in Seattle Public Schools. The program encourages children to have fun and enjoy reading. After reading 10 books, children participate in semi-final and city final rounds of a "Quiz Bowl" game to determine Seattle's champion team.
The other teams that competed in the City Final were:
• Broadview - Bookworms
• Leschi - Awesome Readers
• Loyal Heights - Unknowns
• Northgate - Bomb.com Readers
• Stevens - Onopmatopoeia
A total of 45 schools from Seattle Public Schools participated in the reading challenge.
The Global Reading Challenge is made possible by funding from Target, The Seattle Public Library Foundation, Suzanne Hittman, Northwest Literacy Foundation, and the Ballard Rotary.