WCDS Places Second In Battle of the Books Competition
HIGH POINT, N.C., Mar. 18, 2008 -- Westchester Country Day School placed second in an area level competition of Battle of the Books on Thursday, March 13 at Rich Fork Baptist Church.
Five schools competed in the event, which was hosted by WCDS: Cannon School of Concord, Cantebury School of Greensboro, Charlotte Country Day School, Providence Day School of Charlotte, and Westchester.
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.
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.
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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