Congratulations to Wascher Readers!!!

As you may have been hearing for a while there has been a Battle of the Books team from Wascher that has been doing quite well.  Last Saturday the team of Ashton Walters, Abe Thornburg, Will Schnepps, Nathan Leid, and alternate Kyle Hampton represented Wascher at the State Battle of the Books Championship.  This group of fifth graders came prepared and were rewarded by walking away with 3rd place!

If you are like me then you may have never heard of the Oregon Battle of the Books, so here is a little bit about the program...

It was created in 2006 and is run completely by volunteers in cooperation with the Oregon Association of School Libraries.  The first competition was during the 2007-2008 school year and 168 schools participated.  This year (2009-2010) the numbers have almost doubled to 334 schools!  You can read more about the history, get the latest book lists or find more resource for helping get involved with the program at their official web site: http://oboblsta.pbworks.com/

Check out the Battle of the Books and get ready for next year!!!

Great Job Wildcats!!!