CCSD Students, Reading Bowl Teams Earn State Honors

Cherokee County School District students earned top honors at an annual statewide literary competition, including first-place state reading bowl wins by E.T. Booth Middle School and Etowah High School!

Tome Student Literacy Society is a national student organization dedicated to promoting reading through club activities, community service and competition.  TomeCon, which is held in Athens, is its annual state conference with opportunities for students in grades 2 to 12 to attend learning sessions and participate in individual and team competitions. 

Congratulations to the students and their media specialist and teacher coaches!  Our School Board is laser focused on ensuring our students are learning more, growing more, and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else.

FIRST-PLACE STATE WINNERS
E.T. Booth MS Reading Bowl Team: Demi Adekunle, Averie Allen, Aiden Antony, Samruddhi Bandyopadhyay, Adveek Banerjee, Jahnavi Bellamkonda, Rijo Beniston Raja, Lilah Bourgault, Joanna Chen, Boubacar Diallo, Eliza Goodloe, Meliyah Ivey, Rohnish Jena, Lily Jones, Kritaj Kode, Raquel Lopez-Calderon, Rishabh Pandya, Kara Shervington, Alice Terra de Freitas, David Tetteh, Pranav Vasishta; and coaches Amanda Graves and Katie Imbriano
Etowah HS Reading Bowl Team: Jasem Amer, Ava Bourgault, Olivia Jackson, Rohan Pandya, and Skylee Poirrier; and coaches, Hal Funderburk, Melissa Grier, and Jamie Lester
Olivia Jackson, Etowah HS, Book Review Blog
Rohnish Jena, E.T. Booth MS, Book Trailer  
Rishabh Pandya, E.T. Booth MS, Fan Fiction
Violet Paul, Etowah HS, Character Yearbook Superlative

SECOND-PLACE STATE WINNERS
Creekland MS Reading Bowl Team: Lakhith Atmakuri, Mitchell Bales, Darcy Chesson, Gautham Davuluri, Cardyn Henderson, Kennedy Knott, and Scarlett Smith; and coaches, Laura Brown and Elise Creech
Rishabh Pandya, E.T. Booth MS, Book Review Blog 
Rohan Pandya, Etowah HS, Fan Fiction 
Lydia Paul, Etowah HS, Digital Cover Redesign 

THIRD-PLACE STATE WINNERS 
Joanna Chen, E.T. Booth MS, Like, Try, Why Infographic 
Rohnish Jena, E.T. Booth MS, Theme Essay
Zofia Kuczma, Etowah HS, Book Trailer 
Pranav Vasishta, E.T. Booth MS, Book Print Video 
Natalie Vest, Etowah HS, Character to Author Letter 
Hailey Yeager, Etowah HS, Book Talk 

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