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Seward Middle: State Champions of the Books Battle

Published on February 23, 2021 By Pegge Erkeneff

Seward Middle School are the State of Alaska Battle of the Books champions, and won the 2021 competition today! Congratulations to Coach Shelley Walker and her amazing team—three of the four team members have been competing in state competitions together since 4th grade! Together we celebrate all the teams, and especially the Silver Salmon champion […]

Third in State Battle of the Books!

Published on February 22, 2021 By Pegge Erkeneff

Congratulations to the Kenai team for an amazing job and teamwork in challenging battles! Abigail Moffett, Elizabeth Moffett, Jayna Boonstra, Emily Moss, Adeline Smith 2020-2021 Battle of the Books List! AK Battle of the Books website Tweet This Post

Battle of the Books #BOB2018

Published on March 26, 2018 By Pegge Erkeneff

KPBSD Battle of the Books Students of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District have been participating in Battle of the Books (BOB) for 33 years. The original idea for BOB came from a radio program sponsored by the Chicago Public Library in the 1940s. A school librarian from Illinois, Joanne Kelly, took the idea and […]

The 2017 Book Battles!

Published on February 20, 2017 By Pegge Erkeneff

The winning KPBSD Battle of the Books teams will represent KPBSD at state battles the beginning of March! #golden #AKlearns Congratulations! Grades 3- 4: Connections Homeschool Grades 5- 6, and Middle School: Cooper Landing School High School: Voznesenka School         Tweet This Post

The 2016 Book Battle

Published on March 24, 2016 By Pegge Erkeneff

Many educators think of February as Love of Reading Month, so it is especially fitting that Battle of the Books takes place during that month. Sixty-five KPBSD teams participated in this year’s district competition. All did an awesome job. Most of the battles took place using audio conference technology with the final round teams competing […]