I just got back from the Reading Olympics! The Montgomery County Intermediate Unit organizes the Reading Olympics every year. You can go to their website HERE.
Here is a summary of the event from the website –
“The goal of the Reading Olympics is to increase students’ reading for enjoyment and increase reading skills. Students collaborate with their teammates to read forty to fifty books that have been 
selected by a committee of librarians, reading specialists and classroom teachers. These professionals read the books and write questions which teams of students answer during the competition. The Olympics are primarily a celebration of reading rather than a contest. All participants are awarded ribbons. Since the teams generate much excitement about this event, the experience is rewarding for everyone involved.”
There were 16 school districts – 68 teams and over 7,000 students! That’s right OVER 7,000 students all there to celebrate READING!!
Each team competed against another team for 3 rounds and you scored points. Based on your point score you get a colored ribbon.
Blue Ribbon = 50 points and above
Red Ribbon = 40 – 49 points
Green Ribbon = 30 – 39 points
Yellow Ribbon = 29 points and below
Each team has up to 12 students. Our team was called the “Bedazzled Bookworms”! So you want to know how we did?!?
We scored 64 POINTS so we got blue ribbons! What is even cooler is that the record for the event was….wait for it….61 POINTS -so we broke the record!
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Good for you! Woohoo!
Thank you!
Sweet! Awesome job, Bedazzled Bookworms!
Thank you Mrs. Isenhoff!! Now my mom is telling me I have to go to bed 🙁 OH well I’ll celebrate more tomorrow!
Way to go! Excellent job! Now yours will be the score to beat 🙂 Ihope you read lots of great books!
Congratulations Bedazzled Bookworms — so you beat the record and 7,000 other kids. Fantastic, Erik!
I couldn’t believe how many kids were there! 7000!!
Thanks Ms. Hill! I read a bunch of them! I think “Hatchet,” “Tuck Everlasting” and “Superfudge” were my favorites…oh and “George Washington’s Socks” and ” How to be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days” and… 😉
Oh, I love Hatchet and Tuck Everlasting! Both so good!
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Congratulations, Erik!!! You guys are AWESOME!!!
Thanks Miss Smith!!! You’re AWESOME too! 🙂
YAY, Erik! Yay for the Bedazzled Bookworms! Breaking the record is fantastic. What’s even better is that you enjoyed reading all those books.
It was REALLY FUN! Thanks Ms. Fritz!
Whoo-hoo! Record-breaking readers?!? That’s awesome!
It was cool to see how many kids were totally into reading!
Yaaay you! Did my woo-hooing and clapping wake you? oops! 😉
I am so proud of you, Erik! That is fantastic!
and in case you missed it –> yaaayy!
So THAT’S what woke me up! I tought we had another earthquake 🙂
Thank you Ms. Davidson! Your comment means a lot to me!
Congratulations Erik!
Thank you!! 🙂
What a cool idea! I’ve never head of a reading olympics. I’ll file it away as something we could try when the boys are in school. And congrats on shattering the previous record.
This was the first year I could go in it (you have to be in fourth grade). I don’t know if there are other Olympics like this other places. It is a good idea!
Congratulations Erik!! A new record. Nice reading.
Thank you Ms. Morris!! 🙂
Congratulations, Erik! You attend some wonderful events. First Lego now reading competitions, what will it be next I wonder.
Our community does have a lot of cool events! Thank you Ms. Johnson!
This is so cool. Huge Congrats! What a record! Sounds such fun, too!
Thank you Ms. Marple! It was a lot of fun 🙂
That’s incredible, Erik…great job for you and your team mates! Can you see I’m doing the happy dance for you now? ;0)
oops…Donna Martin…you might not know me at “martidl”…;0)
Thanks Ms. Martin! I will join you in the happy dance 🙂
Well done Erik.
As we say in Australia ….. Good on ya mate.
Thank you Mr. Lothian!
Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very well done! (I’m getting caught up. I have been sick!) Congrads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Thank you Ms. Campbell! I’m glad that you’re feeling better!
“Applause shakes the stadium as the Bedazzling Bookworms break the record!” Just a headline suggestion for the local paper! Congratulations!
Love the headline! Thank you Ms. Rowan-Zoch!
I love the idea of the reading Olympics! Great job!
Thank you Ms. Klostermann! The Reading Olympics are A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!! I LOVE the guy that came up with the idea!
Well done Erik and team! Congratulations!! But I am not surprised.
Thank you Ms. Foster!
Woohoo! I’m just now stopping by to say Congratulations. I knew from the title this was a must read post.
Thank you Ms. Jensen!!