Submitted by Mrs. Christine Fabyanic,

High School Reading Competition Team Coach

Spring 2020 Competition 

We are looking forward to participating in the Spring High School Reading Competition to be held on - Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at Forest Hills School District. Sign ups will be held in January upon return from Christmas Break for the Spring team!

Team Member Requirements & Information:

1. Each team member MUST read 5 - 7 books (or more) in the Spring, re-read/review those books closer to the competition date, and review the printed quizzes/summaries!

2. We will meet to periodically review who read what and plan to cover all our bases in January, February, and March.

3. We will then meet prior to the competition to practice and to determine spokespersons in April. 

4. The Tuesday of the competition students are dismissed @ 1:00 pm, depending upon the travel time for dinner and arrival at the competition site before the competition's 4:30 start.

5. We travel with the Middle School Competition Team, as they compete the same evening against other Middle School teams. Three rounds of competition are held, with two teams competing against one another during each round. Points are tallied and cutoffs announced for any ribbon placements. An awards ceremony is then held to award the school teams who placed at the Third, Second, and First Place levels. Students then board their buses for return to their home school districts. 

Our Berlin HS Reading Competition Team members continue to represent BBSD well and enjoy meeting students from other area school districts participating in this event! Despite the competition and stress of questions being "fired" at them about 30 books, the students rise to the challenge and have a great time!

Are you ready to have a good time reading? YES?! Then join our ranks for the Fall Reading Competition!

Here is what you need to do:   

     *Sign up in the Learning Hub (HS Library).

In the back room in the HS Library:   

     *Take the book listing.     

      *Choose book(s) to read, sign your name by it on charts up on back of shelf across from the back room door, and then sign it out of the Library.  

        (The ideal is to have 2 to 3 people reading each book, so that one person doesn't have to remember EVERYTHING!)  

      *READ, remember what you read, and ENJOY!      

         (I am not requiring you to take notes or write questions, but if those kinds of things help you to remember, don't hesitate!)

      *You can touch base with Mrs. Fabyanic (@ 8:05 - 8:20 a.m.) in her room any morning.

         (E014 - Elementary Building, 3rd/4th grade hallway, pass the gym and elevator, down the steps, and I am the third room on the left side!)      

      *We will have after-school practices in September, October, and beginning of November to review the competition format, decide on a captain for each round, and to check that all books have been read and not read. I will distribute any located summaries/quizzes that are posted on line to help team members review for competition.

I would love to see YOU on our fantastic BBHS Reading Competition Team!

Mrs. Fabyanic

Here is the listing for the books on the Spring High School Interscholastic Reading Competition Book List:

Book                                                                                  Author

1. Night Journey                                                                Kathryn Lasky

2. No Ordinary Day                                                            Deborah Ellis

3. One Child                                                                      Torey Hayden

4. Our Town: A Play in 3 Acts                                              Thornton Wilder

5. Out of My Mind                                                              Sharon M. Draper

6. Peak                                                                             Roland Smith

7. Pictures of Hollis Woods                                                  Patricia Giff

8. The Pigman                                                                   Paul Zindel

9. Pygmalion                                                                     George Bernard Shaw

10. Red Pyramid                                                                Rick Riordan

11. Scat                                                                            Carl Hiaasen

12. Search for the Shadowman                                           Joan Lowery Nixon

13. The Secret Life of Bees                                                 Sue Monk Kidd

14. Shakespeare's Spy                                                       Gary Blackwood

15. Siddhartha                                                                  Hermann Hesse

16. Snatched                                                                     Pete Hautman

17. Stones in Water                                                           Donna Jo Napoli

18. The Stowaway                                                             Karen Hesse

19. Surviving the Applewhites                                             Stephanie S. Tolan

20. The Teacher's Funeral                                                   Richard Peck

21. Tex                                                                             S.E. Hinton

22. The Thief                                                                     Megan Whalen Turner

23. Travel Team                                                                Mike Lupica

24. Two Princesses of Bamarre                                           Gail Carson Levine

25. War Horse                                                                   Michael Morpurgo

26. White Fang                                                                  Jack London

27. Wintergirls                                                                   Laurie Halse Anderson

28. Wish You Well                                                              David Baldacci

29. Words By Heart                                                            Ouida Sebestyen

30. Yellow Star                                                                  Jennifer Roy