Southern Regional Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl

Come out and support Joseph Martin Elementary, Liberty County High School, and Bradwell Institute at the Divisional HRRB in Brooklet Saturday, February 27th!

Liberty County HRRB Teams Win Big at the Southern Regional HRRB

The Southern Regional Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl was held Saturday, February 6th at Valdosta State University. Liberty County was proudly represented by six teams!

Six elementary schools faced each other in five rounds of competition to earn the right to proceed to the Division B Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. At the end of five exciting rounds Joseph Martin Elementary School won first place. Matilda Harris Elementary School won second place. Brittin Elementary School won third place. Button Gwinnett Elementary, David L. Rainer Elementary, and St. Simons Elementary were awarded trophies for participation.

Seven middle schools participated in six rounds of questions and one bye round, due to the odd number of teams. The competition was fierce. St. Mary's Middle school won first place. Camden Middle School won second place. Midway Middle School won third place. Lewis Frasier Middle, Newbern Middle, Thomas County Middle, and Glynn Middle were awarded trophies for participation.

Seven high school squared off in a fierce battle to take first and second place. Each school competed in six rounds of questions and one bye round, due to the odd number of teams. In the end, the only two high schools to advance were from LIBERTY COUNTY! Liberty County High School earned first place. Bradwell Institute earned second place. Brunswick High and Sol. C. Johnson High School tied for third place. Groves High, Thomas County High, and Brunswick High, Camden High earned trophies for participation.

Joseph Martin Elementary, Liberty County High School, and Bradwell Institute will travel to Southeast Bulloch High School February 27th to compete in the Divisional B HRRB. The bowl will begin at 12:00 noon. Come out and cheer for our Liberty County schools!

Liberty County Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl

Reading is passion for many of the students in the Liberty County School System. With help from school media specialists, classroom teachers, and instructional technology staff members a passion for reading can also mean an academic competition, the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl!

Each year elementary and middle school students interested in participating in the student reading competition read books from the Georgia Children’s Book Award Nominee list for the current school year on their level. Students in the fourth and fifth grade qualify for participation in the bowl. This year elementary students read from a list containing eighteen books. The middle school reading list contained twenty books. In addition to reading books from the required list, students work as a team to create practice questions to review the facts from each book and prepare for the bowl by scrimmaging with a hand-held buzzer system.

Interested high school students also prepare for the bowl by reading, creating review questions, and scrimmaging with a hand-held buzzer system, but their reading list is taken from the Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers. The list for this year contained twenty books.

The middle and high school student teams participated in the Liberty County Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl on January 27th at the Board of Education. All of the middle and high schools were represented by a student team. Several principals and parents attended to root for their school team. Student teams competed through six rounds of questions taken from their required reading list, for a total of sixty questions asked. Student teams were enthusiastic and well-mannered.

The first place team for the middle school level was Midway Middle School. The MMS team was coached by their media specialist, Mrs. Cristina Dover. Lewis Frasier Middle School’s team took second place, and was coached by Mrs. Sharon Dunham.

At the high school level, Liberty County High School earned first place in the county reading bowl. The LCHS team was coached by Ms. Kay Williams, a media specialist for the high school. Mrs. Sarah Hein, a teacher at LCHS, served as an assistant coach. Bradwell Institute’s reading bowl team took second place and was coached by Ms. Diana Clark. Ms. Clark is a media specialist at Bradwell. Her assistant coach was Mrs. Deborah Starkey, a teacher at Bradwell.

The elementary Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl was held January 29th at the Board of Education. Every elementary school was represented by a team. Several principals attended to support their team. Parent attendance was also very high, filling the board room with eager spectators. The elementary teams participated in seven rounds of questions from their required reading list, for a total of seventy questions. Each round was very close and all of the student teams were very well-read.

Joseph Martin Elementary School took first place in the reading bowl. Mrs. Elaine Walker, the school media specialist, was the lead coach. She was assisted by Mrs. Elaine Dasher, Mrs. Rose Mack, and Ms. Rebecca Smith, both teachers at Joseph Martin. Button Gwinnett Elementary School’s team placed second in the reading bowl. Mrs. Tory Baker, the school media specialist, was the coach for the Button Gwinnett team. Mrs. Baker’s assistant coach was Mrs. Anttonia Hofmann, the media paraprofessional at BGE.

The first and second place teams from elementary, middle, and high school will advance to the Southern Regional Helen Ruffin Reading bowl being held February 6th at Valdosta State University. After the regional bowl, winning teams will advance to a divisional bowl, and lastly the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. Both Joseph Martin Elementary and Liberty County High School have previously attended the state level of the competition. This year also promises to be a record setting year for the Liberty County School System!


Button Gwinnett’s HRRB Team
Pictured here: Front Row: Yulissa David, Damian Lustiano, Dameon McIntire
Back Row: I’Teaona Wells, Tory Baker- Media Specialist, Anttonia Hofmann- Media Assistant, Ryan Clow, Carlos Miller, and Nikita White

Joseph Martin Elementary HRRB Team:
Pictured here: Front row l to r: Spencer Jones, Isaiah Quarterman, Yash Patel Back row l to r: Emmaline Menger, Uyen-Vy Hoang, Ah’Shaiyah Mitchell, Raha Davis, Dayle McCallar

Midway Middle School’s HRRB Team:
Pictured here: L to R:
Top row: C. Dover, KiAmbrielle Queen, Stephen Langford, Mikia Frazier, Ajile Owens, Amanda Dollar, Clayton Grant
Bottom row: Tiffany Erickson, Jayden Trotter, Alan Cain

Lewis Fraiser Middle School’s HRRB Team
Pictured here:
Front (left to right): Jordan Graham, Cassity Chambers, Melana Linville
Back (left to right): Precious Wright, Thais Sanchez, Tiara Taylor, Jourdin Bailey, Rebekah Kim, Patience Wright, and Sharon Dunham, Coach.

Bradwell Institute HRRB Team:
Pictured here: Back row: Natalie Sharp, Ron Barnes, Brittani Ford, Tyrique Golphin
Front row: Samantha O’Neal, Jada Donald, Susan Mason, Kiana Brown, Erina Veliz

Liberty County HRRB Team
Pictured here:
Team picture, L – R: Mrs. Sarah Hein, Scott Stroup, Demi Glisson, Josh Hutto, Keith Lemay, Rachel Trawick, Khameron Mitchem, Chazare’ Riley, Felisha Burks, Ms. Kay Williams.