Battle of the Books | Eastern North Carolina Now

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   The first ever interschool Elementary Battle of the Books for Beaufort County Schools was held at Northeast Elementary School on March 25. The two teams participating were S.W. Snowden and Northeast. With the exception of one round, Northeast won the rest for a total point score of 179 to 93.

   Both Northeast’s and S.W. Snowden’s teams worked for an average of an hour daily for the last seven months to practice for this event. The teams had to be well versed with 17 prescribed books from the state program for Elementary Battle of the Books. Questions about plot, character and other story details had to be answered with the correct book and author stated in precise terms. Northeast will now go on to Region One finals which will be on 4/26 in Edenton. They will compete against teams from Edenton-Chowan, Martin, Perquimans and Pitt counties.

Back Row: Kathy Midkiff, Kaylee Christenberry, Chase Smith, Elyse Brinn, Chantel Fortescue
Front Row: Matthew Cullom, Rachael Daleo, Jacob VanGyzen



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    Sarah Hodges
    Public Information Officer
    Beaufort County Schools
      252.946.6593 office
      252.402.5834 cell
      shodges@beaufort.k12.nc.us e-mailoto
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