Auburn School District No. 408
915 4th Street Northeast, Auburn, WA 98002
4/5/05
NEWS RELEASE
Lake View Elementary School Team Wins First Place at
King County Library Systems Global Reading Challenge
| On Friday, April 1, a team of fourth and fifth graders
from Lake View Elementary School, representing Auburn School District, won First
Place at the King County Library Systems Global Reading Challenge. The
other three competing school districts were Highline, Bellevue, and Shoreline.
The county-level competition was held in the King County Library System Issaquah
Service Center. To participate at the championship, the Lake View team won
the regional South King County Library Systems Global Reading Challenge held at
their school in March. Jan Millgard, Lake View Elementary School librarian, was
responsible for organizing the initial Lake View reading event and was the coach
for the team that represented the school district at the regional and county
events.
This reading challenge event encourages reading in the
elementary grades. In the late 1930s, its predecessor, the Battle of the
Books, was a weekly radio show that used a quiz bowl format to test children's
knowledge of good literature. Questions about characters, plots, and
settings were answered by teams representing several elementary schools.
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Team member Isabella Romero said that going to the
different schools, winning, and knowing that the other teams wanted to win as
badly as you did, was fun.
Team member Alexandra Bonwell said, "It was really fun
because I love to read and the books were really good. There are some
really good teams."
Drew Sleezer said, "It was really fun because you have to
have a lot of team work." "It is also very competitive."
For more information, contact Lake View Elementary School
librarian, Jan Millgard, at (253) 931-4830 or the Auburn Public Library.
