CCSD Congratulates Elementary And Middle School Reading Bowl Winners

Press release from CCSD:

Feb. 10, 2023

The Cherokee County School District congratulates the winners of the 2023 CCSD Reading Bowl!

The annual event for students in grades 4-12 is a timed competition designed by the Office of Curriculum & Instruction to encourage reading, develop reading comprehension skills and offer a fun extra-curricular academic opportunity.

The competition, which recently was held at E.T. Booth Middle School, includes two divisions, elementary and middle school, and features questions from books selected by a CCSD committee of educators. High school reading bowl teams will compete at the annual statewide TOME Student Literacy Society reading bowl, as will some of CCSD’s elementary and middle school teams.

Indian Knoll Elementary School earned first place in the elementary school competition, with Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy placing second and Arnold Mill Elementary School winning third place. E.T. Booth Middle School, for the second consecutive year, won first place in the middle school division, with Woodstock Middle School earning second and Creekland Middle School placing third.

“Congratulations to these outstanding students for their dedication to reading and academic excellence,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said. “Reading is the first and most important skill we expect our students to master. We’re grateful for all that our teachers and media specialists do each day to support our students’ literacy and foster a love of reading including coaching these teams.”

Indian Knoll ES team members are: Ella Grace Beard, Lillan Boggs, Malachi Holt, Elizabeth Krueger, Maddy Rice, Easton Smith, Thy Tran and Charlotte Waites. Coaches are: teachers Kim Brown, Allison Eubanks, Rebecca McArthur and media specialist Jennifer Lewis.

Clark Creek ES STEM Academy team members are: Jahnavi Bellamkonda, Rijo Beniston, Lilah Bourgault, Oliver Burroughs, Cecelia Cato, Eva Fedorenko, Alden Korf, Amalia Korf, Rishabh Pandya, Tricia Rocco, Rafael Rojas, Ishva Shah, Reyna Titus, Pranav Vasishta and Elli White. Coaches are media specialist Lisa Boysen and teachers Judy Cauthen and Emily Darnell.

The Arnold Mill ES team, coached by media specialist Jacquie Zaski, is made up of: Austin Armstrong, John Cooper, Thomas Curran, Ava Hennington, Cade Henry, Anna Kate Kapp, Katelyn Lockerman, Rylan Jane McCarthy and Callie Primm.

The E.T. Booth MS team, coached by media specialist Amanda Graves and teacher Jamie Stahler, is made up of: Nivesh Addepalli, Ella Bain, Hakshara Bisetty, Ava Bourgault, Ahana Das, Eric Grimes, Willow Ivester, Evelyn Jackson, Thomas Joyce, Ansley King, Lillie McFarland, Timi Ojo, Rohan Pandya, Gabriel Rojas, Eva Schwartz, Saived Tayi, Keirthen Titus, Pradhyumna Vasishta, Ashley Wang.

Woodstock MS team members are: Kylee Barbaree, Liana Benai, Emery Berglund, Rhys Bhogal, Jaineel Billimoria, Ellie Cosgrove, Melica Culdis, Sofia Cunard, Logan Cantrell, Kennedy Fosburgh, MJ Hays, Ayda Hoque, Monroe Jackson, Alishbah Khan, Maria Murdock, Matteus Nyabam, Nylah Marrero, Madelyn Reecer, Annabelle Schaeffer, Sarah Soares, Katherine Warren, Hunter Weeks, Elias White and Vivianne Wilson. Coaches are media specialist Suzanne Tingle and teacher Dr. Meredith Gulledge.

The Creekland MS team, coached by media specialist Elise Creech, is made up of Morgan Adams, Lucas Colbaugh, Sydney Connor, Hannah Kynaston, Aubree Leach, Annabelle Lindsey, Jacob Owens, Ryan Pattillo, Hudson Price, Abbie Rickert, Dallas Woody.

The top teams will be recognized by the Cherokee County School Board and Dr. Hightower at the February School Board meeting.

This press release was produced by CCSD. The views expressed here are the author's own.