The contest, open to fifth-graders as part of National Library Month, featured teams from Earhart, Durgan, Miller, Miami, Vinton and Linnwood elementary schools. Held at Jefferson High School, the battle was brainchild of Jeff media specialist Lauralee Foerster. In the contest, student teams square off against each other, answering a list of 20 questions.
Students buzz in and answer to a moderator, with each school going through several rounds.
Foerster, who started the contest a decade ago, said the contest is a way to motivate students to read, compete, test their memories and visit a high school. You can tell they've read. That's the important thing. Competing schools read a core of 25 books throughout the school year. The contest is good to have for kids to have a goal at the end of the year.