
Naches Valley Middle School will hold its 8th annual 5th and 6th grade contest in May. Students may sign up for this voluntary activity to read a list of award-winning books of various genre that have been selected for this year's contest. Students need to form teams of three or four members each to read this year's selections. The contest consists of a quiz-type contest where the answers to questions are always the titles of the books. The objective of the contest is to determine which team is most knowledgeable about the books. Each team reads the question which is read aloud and displayed on the projector screen. Members of each team collaboratively agree upon an answer to each displayed question and write it down. Answer sheets are collected and scored. Usually, the contest is done in rounds, where a fewer number of teams proceed to each round. The Champions will have their name etched on the Battle of the Books trophy. Results from previous years are as follows:
2nd place
The Islanders: Violeta Montes de Oca, Allison Lloyd, Hannah Notestine, Cady Calvert
3rd place
The Flaming Red Dragons: James Brickey, Wyatt Buntjer, Brock Schramm, Tim Allen