Westchester To Hosts Battle of the Books Competition
HIGH POINT, N.C., Mar. 05, 2008 -- Westchester Country Day School will be the host of an area level competition of Battle of the Books on Thursday, March 13 at Rich Fork Baptist Church.
Five schools will be competing: Cannon School of Concord, Canterbury School of Greensboro, Charlotte Country Day School, Providence Day School of Charlotte, and Westchester Country Day. The winning school will go on to compete against four other winning independent schools for the honor of representing independent schools at the state competition May 6 in Greensboro.
Participants from Westchester include eighth-graders: Sara Katherine Kirkpatrick and Kristen McDowell; seventh-graders: Thomas Freeman, Sam Gibson and Christian James; and sixth-graders: Laieke Abebe, Jonathan Buechner, Laura Bunch, Nadia Carlson, Hunter Heinbach, George Lindner, Jonathan Perry, Rishab Revankar and Catherine York. Their coach is Westchester's media specialist, Debi Jones, with parent coach Gay James.
"Our students meet for 35 minutes each week to read, discuss books, and get ready for our competition," said Jones. "We are excited to host this upcoming event and are prepared for 'battle'!"
North Carolina's Battle of the Books can be traced back to a public radio program in Chicago in the 1940s originated by Ruth Harshaw. Librarians exposed to the original show reconstructed the game to encourage reading today. The purpose of the Battle of the Books program is to encourage reading by all students at the Middle School level. Through the fun and excitement of the competition, students improve reading skills, mature in their choices of reading materials, and acquire a broader knowledge base.
Rich Fork Baptist Church is at 3993 Old Highway 29 in Thomasville. The competition will take place in the church's multi-purpose building.
Westchester Country Day School, a college preparatory school, in High Point, N.C., seeks to educate each child toward moral, academic, artistic, and athletic excellence in a nurturing environment. As one of the Triad's leading K-12 private schools, Westchester boasts an expanding curriculum, strong fine arts program, and championship level athletic teams serving the needs of over 400 Triad-area students. The school is committed to enrolling young men and women of strong character and academic promise who come from families of varied social, economic, religious, ethnic, and racial backgrounds.
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