Here are the results from today's Grade 7-8 Battle of the Books:
Gambell(96)
White Mountain(72)
Unalakleet(72)
St. Michael(40)

We saw some great challenges that left the judges thinking, "Wow, I can see how that book can answer that question." Even if the challenge wasn't successful we saw some great thinking from all of the teams.

Here are the times for the upcoming battles:

Monday, February 1, 2010 Middle School Battle of the Books

12:30-1:15
Gambell(80)
White Mountain(48)
Brevig Mission(40)
Elim(32)

1:20-2:05
Unalakleet(56)
Koyuk(32)
Shaktoolik(21)
St. Michael(64)

Finals Top four scorers at 2:15
Gambell(96)
White Mountain((72)
Unalakleet(72)
St. Michael(40)

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 High School Battle of the Books
12:30 - 1:15
Unalakleet
Wales
White Mountain
St. Michael
Koyuk
Shishmaref

Finals for the top four scorers at 1:30.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Third Fourth Grade Battle of the Books
scheduled from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM
12:30-1:15 Gambell(37), Shishmaref(32), and Stebbins(38)
1:20-2:05 Golovin(80), Shaktoolik(55), and Unalakleet(96)
2:10-2:55 Savoonga(38), Elim(24), Koyuk(40), St. Michael(96), White Mountain(55), and Wales(21)

Friday, February 5, 2010 Fifth-Sixth Grade Battle of the Books
scheduled from 12:30 PM to 3:30 AM
12:30 - 1:15 Gambell(112), Koyuk(47), St. Michael(24), and Stebbins(58)
1:20-2:05 Golovin(10), Shaktoolik(40), and Unalakleet(85)
2:10-2:55 Savoonga(5), Elim(45), and White Mountain(96)

Finals for 3-4 and 5-6 will be on Monday February 8th
1:00-2:00 the top four scoring 3-4 teams.
2:00-3:00 the top four scoring 5-6 teams.

State Battles are as follows:

Feb 15 Monday HS Battles
Feb 16 Tuesday 7th/8th Grade Battles
Feb 17 Wednesday 5th/6th Grade Battles
Feb 18 Thursday 3rd/4th Grade Battles

K-2 Grades (Was in replies before)
Kindergarten 2/25/10
12:30-1:15
Brevig Mission
Gambell
Savoonga
St. Michael
Wales

1:15-2:00
Diomede
Golovin
Shaktoolik
Unalakleet

2:00-2:45
Elim
Koyuk
Shishmaref
Stebbins
White Mountain

First Grade 2/26/10
12:30-1:15
Brevig Mission
Gambell
Savoonga
St. Michael
Wales

1:15-2:00
Diomede
Golovin
Shaktoolik
Teller
Unalakleet

2:00-2:45
Elim
Koyuk
Stebbins
White Mountain

Second Grade
3/1/10
12:30-1:15
Brevig Mission
Gambell
Savoonga
St. Michael
Wales

1:15-2:00
Diomede
Golovin
Shaktoolik
Teller
Unalakleet

2:00-2:45
Elim
Koyuk
Stebbins
White Mountain

Congratulations Gambell 7/8 team! I'm so proud of you guys for taking the District Championship once again! You studied hard and it has paid off! Now let's go for state!! Ms. Lemcke

If you live in any of our communities that are not served by a public library (Unalakleet, Elim, an White Mountain have public libraries), you are eligible to take part in Bushbooks. This is a program that will send you library books on a either a regular basis or when requested for your personal use.

One of the real advantages of joining this program is that you then have a Fairbanks Library Card. With that library card you can download audiobooks from Listen Alaska Overdrive, which is the company that provides the downloads, has come a long way in providing books that work on Mac computers. If you tried this program out before, try it again. The advances just since last fall are amazing.

You can join online, add that you would like to have a library number in your special requests and you should have your card number in less than a week. Also please mark on your application if you want 'books on request' only if you are doing this to get access to the Listen Alaska program.