MCBA@Bement: March 2022

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Our MCBA voting ended in an unprecedented 4-way tie! That speaks to how much students enjoyed so many of this year's nominated books! Our voting results have been forwarded to Salem State University to be added to the state totals. The state winner will be announced next month.

Stories in Action

On Thursday, February 24 Stories in Action took place in the library. It was an afternoon packed with activities themed around the MCBA nominees:

Boxing lessons in Muhammad Ali's Gym
MCBA Mini-Games
Cici's Supertaster test
Clean Getaway
Two Truths and a Lie
MCBA Maker Space
Voting for our favorite book

Only readers who had read five or more nominees received an invitation. We had 38 students attend!

It was a blast.

A special thank you to all of the teachers and parents who volunteered to make the afternoon a success!

Students vs. Teachers/Parents

The Fourth-grade team, our school champions, took on the "Wildcards" on Friday in a game live-streamed into the classrooms.

They were victorious!

Congratulations!

Battle of the Books 2022

This year's Battle of the Books tournament was exciting from beginning to end!

Beginning on February 21 and running through March 4 we held the grade level tournament, the school championship, the teacher/parent tournament, and a just-for-fun student champ vs. adult champ game.

The knowledge of book details on display was incredible! Intense action through each round, with several going into an overtime situation.

We had 40 participants in this year's tournament. Congratulations to all of our readers!