Tampa Bay Online reports on what might be the end of an era.
Dressed in regal, navy blue “Battle of The Books” T-shirts, the elementary school students sat onstage on the edge of their seats in proper “game show” style Thursday, poised and ready to pounce on their buzzers with the correct answer.
Adrenaline pumping, they conferred with teammates and answered tough book questions with ease, such as, “In what book was there a note that said, ‘I’m here on a dare, don’t tell?'” and “What author had a character that spoke Albanian?”
Thursday night, students from Spring Hill’s Westside Elementary School and Parrott Middle School won the Hernando County School District’s annual Battle of the Books competition, held in the gymnasium of Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics in Spring Hill. The 13-year-old competition is part of a statewide reading initiative in which students in grades 3-8 read up to 15 books in The Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program, selected based on their appeal, literary value, curriculum connections and diversity.
Tampa Bay Online reports on what might be the end of an era.
Dressed in regal, navy blue “Battle of The Books” T-shirts, the elementary school students sat onstage on the edge of their seats in proper “game show” style Thursday, poised and ready to pounce on their buzzers with the correct answer.
Adrenaline pumping, they conferred with teammates and answered tough book questions with ease, such as, “In what book was there a note that said, ‘I’m here on a dare, don’t tell?'” and “What author had a character that spoke Albanian?”
Thursday night, students from Spring Hill’s Westside Elementary School and Parrott Middle School won the Hernando County School District’s annual Battle of the Books competition, held in the gymnasium of Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics in Spring Hill. The 13-year-old competition is part of a statewide reading initiative in which students in grades 3-8 read up to 15 books in The Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program, selected based on their appeal, literary value, curriculum connections and diversity.
The transportation, books, lunches and T-shirts for the event costs about $35 per student. The District covers the transportation and the books. The library media specialist covers the lunches and T-shirts herself or uses book fair funds (so often the case). If parents were asked to pick up that cost, many local families would not be able to afford to participate. That would be a shame.
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