The 2024 MCBA list is here! While we won't officially kick off our MCBA program @Bement until November, this makes a perfect summer reading list for our middle-grade readers. Enjoy!
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Sunday, March 5, 2023
...this year's Varsity Readers!
These readers took the challenge and read 20 or more MCBA books this year.
Congratulations, Varsity Readers!
Battle of the Books School Championship
We knew it was going to be close, but not this close!
A tremendous knowledge of the 25 MCBA nominees was on display Thursday as the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade BOTB champs faced off.
The fourth and sixth grade teams tied for second place, and this year's champion is fifth grade! The questions were tough, and these readers knew their books! Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's tourney. It was so exciting!
The amazing fourth grade team:
Addi, Anna, Astrid August, and Jason
Great job, grade six!
Gray, Isaac, Omega, and Ruth
Our 2023 BOTB champions!
Congratulations Andersen, Blaine, Brighton, Jack, and Joonsah!
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Stories in Action
Friday, February 24 was an amazing afternoon of book-ish fun in the library. 45 student readers, who had read at least five of the MCBA nominees, attended Stories in Action, along with 13 adult volunteers.
Students learned a little fencing at the Middlefield Prep Fencing Club (Black Brother, Black Brother) with help from the UMass Fencing Club-
Helped the pack survive (A Wolf Called Wander) by identifying tracks, scents, and scat as they traveled through the forest-
Entered the Quarantine Zone and diagnosed and found cures for Black Death, Smallpox, Cholera, and Ebola in Plagues and Pandemics (History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics)-
Enjoyed tasty treats in the Yummy Sweet Salon (Yummy: A History of Desserts) including Lemonade's favorite- Twinkies!
Created mini-book keychains with their favorite books-
Tested their knowledge of the 25 MCBA nominees in MCBArtifacts and the MCBA Timeline-
And voted for their favorite book!
So much fun!
A Big thank you to these volunteers who made the afternoon possible: Katie MacCallum, Hannah Dancer, Bree Wisniewski, Anna Casey, Anna Wetherby, Allison Call, Jenn Gagne, Stacy Boron, Lauren Schattin, Desiree Kicza, Anne Bruder, Meghan Kalas, Daina Carvel, Fabiola Cancino, The UMASS Fencing Club--
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