Published May 09. 2019 12:00AM
With team names like “Chapter Raptors” and the “Novel Nifflers,” 253 area middle school students organized into 21 teams competed recently at Lower Macungie Middle School for top honors in reading comprehension at the Reading Olympics.
Organizers gave each team a list of 45 books to read.
Team “Columbian Book Weasels” from Orefield Middle School placed second. Each member of the team received a copy of “Refugee” by Alan Gratz. English Language Arts Teacher Robin Roberts sponsored the team.
Team “Readers of Unusual Sarcasm” of Slatington’s Northern Lehigh Middle School placed first in the competition while the “Weatherly Wreckers” from Weatherly Area Middle School placed third.
First, second and third place winners received a set of new books as the team prize. There is no state or higher level of competition.
Eyer Middle School’s “Eye Reads Team #1” placed fourth; fifth place honors went to team “Book Bandits – Heist #2” of St. Joseph the Worker.
PRESS PHOTOS BY DOUGLAS GRAVESStudents from area middle schools, including Lower Macungie and Eyer middle schools in the East Penn School District and Salisbury Middle School in Salisbury Township competed in the Reading Olympics at Lower Macungie Middle School recently. ABOVE: Members of Lower Macungie Middle School's team “The Ordinary Book Club,” left to right, front row: Ariana Ruiz, Cecelia
