Friday, March 15, 2013

Seventh Graders Sizzle!

On March 14, a record 99 7th grade students attended Seventh Grade Sizzlers voting parties in the media center. There was plenty of music, food, and fun! Students voted for their favorite Sizzlers book and competed in an exciting Jeopardy challenge. The winning books were:
  1. Stolen Children and Matched (tie)
  2. Ruined
  3. Chains
Participants also posted 637 comments on the Seventh Grade Sizzlers website during the 7-week program. Great work, everyone!

Readers' Choice Celebrations!

On Tuesday, March 12, 102 (!!!) 8th grade students came to the media center to celebrate their completion of Readers' Choice for 2012-13. Thay had 7 weeks to read and pass AR tests on 3 books from a great selection of books. They also posted an amazing total of  437 comments on the books at the Readers' Choice website! The top three books were:
  1. The Compound
  2. The Running Dream, Pop, and Between Shades of Gray (tie)
  3. Incarceron and Trapped (tie)