EMS iRead Finals!

Thanks to over 160 students and teachers reading 25 great books, over 65 competitions between 47 teams, and memorizing the names of numerous authors, our 2016 Middle School iRead Challenge has come to en end!  The Final Competition took place today between 2 sixth grade teams, The Captain Readers and the team simply called, /read./.

/read./ won the championship and will be added to the EMS iRead Wall of Fame as the 2016 Champions!   Congratulations to Ruby Schieldt, Nadia Kim, Naomi Wescott and Kate Fox Gunderson!

3-4 Books Galore!

3rd and 4th grade Reading Promotion at Community. The promotion is called 3-4 Books Galore. This is the first year of the promotion. We had over 160 students readers and a list of 20 books! Competition started the second week of May and the final competition took place at the EPAC on Tuesday, May 31st with a reading celebration for all 3rd and 4th grade students. 

1st place team: The Reading Brainiacs
In the picture from left to right the first 4 boys:
AJ Johnson, Garrett Kotnour, Tristan Helms, Aiden Quam

2nd place team is the next 4 students: Da Reading Nerdz
Drew Fox Gunderson, Cole Langer, Zack Troeger, Andrew Freund


The students also were challenged to create a unique name that connects to reading for their team. Teachers voted for the Best Team Name and the 
3rd grade Best Team name was: Reading Rainbow Buddies
3/4 Multiage Best Team name was: Ever After Readers
4th grade Best Team Name was: Ultimate Reading Warriors

Community and Yahara Second Grade Book Bowl

Over 80 second grade students at Community and Yahara participated in the 2016 Second Grade Book Bowl. 
Students started reading from a list of 22 books in February and competitions based on the books began the second week of May. The final two teams competed on June 1st at the EPAC with all first and second grade students from Community and Yahara attending and celebrating reading! 

The final two teams are from left to right:
2nd place team: The Super Dog Readers from Yahara-Brett Appel, Charles Miller, Jordan Pacwich, Kincaid Kapke

1st place team: The Freadom 5 from Community: Luke Huber, Sam Huber, Marti Rebman, Mya Roller, and Jake Ciummins


Teams were also challenged to create a unique name for their team. A group of teachers voted for the Best Team Name and the second grade best team name was:
The Rockin Readers:
Eric Collins
Henry Duckwitz
Camren Fischer
Anna Laade