Middle School Students Compete in Battle of the Books


Battle of the Books, which took place on Tuesday, February 19, and Wednesday, February 20, at Quaker Valley Middle School, was a success for Sewickley Academy’s Middle School teams. Grade 6 had three teams participate, and Grade 7 had two teams enter the contest.

After a high-stakes tie-breaker round for Grade 6, the Reading Exterminators placed first and the Beaver Bandits placed third out of nearly 25 teams. The Grade 7 teams also participated in a tie-breaker round, one that exhausted all prepared questions from the judges. The Pageturners took second place out of about 20 teams.
 
We are so proud of all of our participants who took the time to read a wide variety of texts, build friendships, and have fun with reading!

Grade 6 Teams:
 
Book Thieves
Jade Rychel
Lucille McCargo (non-SA student)
David Zuluaga
Eva Cantalamessa
Katherine Repasky (non-SA student)
 
Beaver Bandits
Chase Martin
Cooper D’Antonio
Braeden Swann
Sebastian Tan
Ryan Steinford (non-SA student)
 
Reading Exterminators
Rishul Sharma
Carson Davis
Jason Chen
Avni Kathju
 
Grade 7 Teams:
 
Reading Magicians: The Final Chapter
Isabella Murano (non-SA student)
Jayne Miner
Lakshmi Mulgund
Lianna Joseph
Rinnie Jardini
 
Pageturners
Jack Terrell
Peter Shillingsburg
Cara Williams (non-SA student)
Alexandra Bock

 
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