WEST DECATUR – The Central Intermediate Unit No. 10 held its 16th annual Elementary Interscholastic Reading Competition hosted by Bellefonte Area School District on March 21.
This scholastic quiz competition is open to teams consisting of fourth, fifth and sixth graders in the CIU No. 10 service area. The CIU No. 10 serves public, non-public and charter schools in Centre, Clearfield and Clinton counties.
The grand prize winning team was the Literature Lighting Bolts, coached by Lauren Shutika and Brenna Estel, Bellefonte Elementary, Bellefonte Area School District.
Of the 34 participating teams, 19 teams qualified for trophy honors. In addition to the grand prize, the following teams placed:
- First Place: Keystone Central School District (three teams) and Bellefonte Area School District (one team).
- Second Place: Bellefonte Area School District (three teams), Keystone Central School District (one team), Penns Valley Area School District (one team), St. John the Evangelist School (one team) and Bald Eagle Area School District (two teams).
- Third Place: Bald Eagle Area School District (one team), St. John the Evangelist Catholic School (one team), Our Lady of Victory Catholic School (one team), Young Scholars of Central PA (one team) and Bellefonte Area School District (two teams).
- Additional teams participating in the event included Harmony Area School District, Moshannon Valley Area School District, Clearfield Area School District, Sugar Valley Rural Charter School and Wonderland Charter School.
According to Deb Wakefield, CIU No. 10 reading competition coordinator, 487 students participated from the tri-county region. The reading list for the competition includes 40 titles and is distributed before the end of each school year.
This allows students to begin reading the books over the summer months, which encourages reading 12 months a year. “The competition would not be possible without the cooperation from the hosting school, teachers, parents and volunteers,” according to Wakefield.
Next year’s event is scheduled for early spring at Keystone Central School District with a date to be determined.