Congratulations to Upper Campus' Readers' Challenge team for winning the Regional Competition on Tuesday, April 25th against Bookman Road Elementary and Bridge Creek Elementary. The team consists of Savannah Jones (team captain), Alex Conway, Emma Wargel, Jeremy McDowell, Emery Eaton, and Iris Ferguson. This group of 3rd -5th grade students committed to reading the 20 nominees from the 2016-17 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees List and met regularly to practice answering trivia questions. They will compete in the District Competition at R2i2 on Tuesday, May 2nd from 5 - 7 pm against Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary and Bethel-Hanberry Elementary. Stop by and to support them in this reading competition! |