Battle of the Bluebonnets 2014

It’s Battle time! This year, students who read at least 15 Bluebonnet Books were invited to join the Campus level Battle of the Bluebonnets on February 26, 2014. The competition was tough! Students used our new SMART Response system devices to submit their answers digitally and we all had a great time showing off our Bluebonnet knowledge.

In the end, we had to have a few tiebreakers, but ultimately selected our team of 5 students that would represent us a few weeks later in the DISTRICT level Battle of the Bluebonnets.

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 This year, England Elementary hosted the District level Battle of the Bluebonnets on March 20. 2014!
We showed off our beautiful school and our sharp Bluebonnet team!

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The England Team did SUCH a great job during the battle! Working as a team, they only missed TWO questions out of the 40 questions! Our school is SO proud of all of their Bluebonnet knowledge!
Way to go, Evan, Changbin, Adithi, Cassie & Akshay!

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Harnessing the Power of Reading

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This week, our Kindergarten, First, and Second graders are reading William Kamkwamba’s inspiring story, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind about a boy with big dreams who built a windmill from junkyard scraps in order to help his village generate electricity. This book is one of our Armadillo Readers’ Choice nominees for this year.

Check out one or more of the videos below to hear more about William’s story!


Last Day to Check Out Books: Friday, May 10

This Friday, May 10th, will be the last day you can check out books during this school year!    We have to start collecting all of our library books to make sure they are safe and sound over the summer and ready for you to check out again in August!

All library books are due on Friday, May 17th!

Beginning Friday, May 17th, we will have a DAILY drawing for a student in each grade level to win free stuff if their library account is clear (all books turned in, no overdue books, no damaged or lost books)!