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2013 READING OLYMPIC LIST **READING OLYMPIC VIDEO**

=READING OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS!=

More pictures below!

Our First Place Team Members: Nirali Patel, Stephanie Duncan Katherine Kulik, Valeria Ochoa Stephen McKinney, Patience Dolo Hannah Dioh, Rachel Custer, Yventong Charles Jayti Bhavsar, Samantha Orsini- captain

Our fantastic team achieved 60 points! This is a blue ribbon or first place finish at the event! Go Trout! Check out the titles for the 2011-2012 season.media type="custom" key="10532660"

See the entire Reading Olympic List

[|2011-2012 RO List]

The Bucks County Reading Olympics inspires kids to become lifelong readers. Since 1993, the Reading Olympics has been motivating students in Bucks County to read and discuss books. The purpose of this event is to encourage children to read more than they currently do, to read a greater variety of books, and to enjoy the excitement of reading and talking about books. The team format encourages students to share the challenge of reading the selection of books with their friends.

The Reading Olympics competition is the culmination of the program that has teams of students reading books from a prepared list for several months prior to the final event. Each team consists of 8 to 16 students who agree to read from groups of 45 books appropriate for their age and reading level. The book lists are prepared the previous year by interested teachers and librarians.

During the competition evening, all teams participate in three rounds of questioning. Teams are never eliminated. At the culmination of the event, all students receive a ribbon, determined by the number of points their team earned during the evening. More than 700 volunteers work as moderators, scorekeepers and team leaders during the competition. This collaboration and cooperation among so many individuals is amazing. Librarians, teachers, parents, students, district staff and even spouses all contribute to making this event a success. The founding team of organizations--the Bucks County Free Library, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, and the Central Bucks School District--is very proud of the spirit of collaboration that this event has inspired. Reading Olympic Meetings are the last Wednesday of each month in our BFFA Library. The activities bus will take all students home at 4:20. See Mrs. Rein if you have any questions.