In April, fifth-grade students from Fulton Elementary School participated in a program called "The Battle of the Books," an event that took place at Mt. Hebron High School. Each participant was required to read 15 books and then answer questions about those books at the competition. FES had 10 teams that participated. Here they are in no particular order.
#BOB: Noah Byrum, Max Chamberlain, Zachary Klossner, Gannon Smith and Issac Tebben; coach Jennifer Tebben, asst. coach Gina Palladino.
Book Worm Besties: Chaeli Flotildes, Chiara Flotildes, Alana Jenne, Yuanchu Kambon and Maya Konduru; coach Paula Fisher, asst coach Adrienne Gainer-Lee.
BookFury: Jason Kang, Noah Ko, Nateniel Mearns-Escobar, Jack Murphy and Theo Poulos; coach Amy Ciliberti.
Fantastic Four: Isabella Pereira, Corina Tarhon Anna Winterson and Sara Workneh, coach Christine Pereira.
BoB Athletes: Graham Cowan, Ty Grant, Jackson Durbin, Olav Jensen and Krish Kalra, coach Becca Durbin.
Rambunctious Readers: Harper Campbell, Caris Eaton, Lexi Fishman, Lauren Hamlette and Heather Rollins, coach Stacey Fishman.
Book Bots-8: Andrew (AJ) Brown, Aria Patel, Andrew Phelps, Luke Rubin and Nicholas Ryu, coach Mary Phelps.
Rebel Readers: Philana Chang, Abigail Ko, Alex Schoenfeld, Karen Yhim and Lauren Yoon, coach Stephanie Masters, asst. coach Regina Schaffer.
Book Masters: Jonathon Daigle, Connor Fleming, Kritagya Ghimire, Frankie Kimnach and Devan Patel, coach Kristine Daigle, asst. coach Shelly Kimnach.
Smarties: Maggie Frisvold, Lana Gordon, Courtney Johnson, Casey Van't Hoff and Helena Wisniewska, coach Julie Frisvold.
Team Book Bots-8 received second place while Team Work Award and the Book Worm Besties took the second place Team Spirit Award.
The Lime Kiln Middle School Students of the Week for the week ending May 27 were: Lucas Turner, Aminah Milik, Shannon Hill, Nathan Deiuliis, Amber Brown, Jack Milstein, Dorothy Campbell, Harshil Shah, Alex Ribero, Rachel Hennessy, Jaden Kwak, Rose Fernandes, Jesse Wilcox, Trevor Norton, Caslin Sisk, Calvin Leigh-Cabrera, Trinitees Tatum, John Nionakis, Ben Coler, Temilola Awoyemi, Marrie Alumyar and William Donohoe. For the week ending June 3, the LKMS Students of the Week were: James Parreco, Pedro Pastore-Montenegro, Ellienaz Abrishamchian, Faith Comising, Daniel Soong, Ingrette Wang, Max Son, Pace Ockerman, Ashley Densel, Emily Lee, James McKenna-Soto, Bailul Ghirmai, Steven Khuu and Trace Teodori.
I hope you have a safe and wonderful Fourth of July.