2024 ELEMENTARY GRADE

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

St. John’s is participating in the 2023-2024 city-wide competition with a team of 7 students:  Autumn Schweitzer and Kady Ervay from grade 5; Grace Shauger, Reid Marks, Owen Lewis, Sam Trombley, and Dylan Hoyt from grade 4. The program launched in December with a list of ten books chosen by the library.  Our students read continuously for 2 months and battles began mid-February.  The local Midland program conducted by the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library.

• February 15, 2024:  The team scored well on their first virtual online battle and made the cut from 86 teams down to 43
• February 22 2024: In the 2nd virtual online battle they team advanced to the semi-final round with the top 10 teams in the city
• February 29 2024:  In the Penultimate semi-final battle is a written, in-person battle … results tbd
• St. John’s team is managed by Jessica Theimer, our Grade 3/4 teacher, with assistance from Librarian Jan Sleight

2023 MIDDLE SCHOOL BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

The Dow Library hosted a 2023 individual Battle of the Books competition for middle-school students in grades 6, 7, and 8.  Students signed up independently on the Dow Library website as an individual or as a team of 2.  The competition included only 5 books, but students were given fewer weeks to read them before completing 2 online battles.  The top 3 teams in the city competed head-to-head, as did the top 3 individuals to award a champion in each division. This in-person competition took place at the Dow Library MCTV studio in a “jeopardy-style” competition, complete with buzzers and with 25 total questions.  The Battle was recorded and can be viewed on the MCTV site!

In addition to Gloria Stark entering as a individual, St. John’s had two teams sign up for the middle-school battle, consisting of 7th graders Mabel Elliott & Eli Trombley, as well as 8th graders Bailee Lowe & Lily Brown.

Eighth-grader GLORIA STARK went on to WIN 1ST PLACE in the city – Congratulations GLORIA!

 

*St. John’s Lutheran School students have dominated the Battle at the middle-school level, having won 1st place every year!  In 2022, 7th grader Hayden Rozewski finished 1st in the city.