2020 DeKalb Elementary Division Champions
Are you a reader?
Join the HRRB Club!
At the Bowl, students strive to "buzz" in and correctly answer questions about the current year's
Georgia Book Award nominees faster than the opposing teams.
Mrs. Kossak and Mrs. Sutton will sponsor an after-school club based on the Bowl for 4th and 5th graders. Members will read and discuss the nominee books (see categories below). Ten reading bowl club members will be selected to represent Austin Elementary at the HRRB, on January 25, 2020, beginning at 8:00 AM at Arabia Mountain High School, 6610 Browns Mill Rd., Lithonia, GA, 30038 (date/time/place TBD).
Team members will be chosen based upon behaviors exhibited at the meeting as outlined in the team selection rubric (see links below).
The HRRB Club/Team will meet weekly on Tuesdays in Mrs. Sutton's class from dismissal-3:30 PM (date/time/place TBD). Below are specific dates for club meetings and then for team meetings.
Meetings for ALL CLUB Members
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Practices for TEAM Members ONLY
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Oct 22 |
Dec 3
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Oct 29
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Dec 10
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Nov 12
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Dec 17
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Nov 19
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Jan 7
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Jan 14
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Jan 21 |
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Team selection will be announced before Thanksgiving break. After the announcement, only the ten chosen team members will attend remaining practices in January. Other club members are excused.
To be in the club...
1. Start checking out and reading the nominee books--you must have read at least one (completely, from beginning to end) to participate,
2. Plan with your family to stay for our meetings! Bring a signed permission slip (see links below) FOR EACH club meeting you attend--this will serve as the REQUIRED "change of dismissal" form. Feel free to bring a snack, too.
Students will try to secure a spot on the HRRB team by earning points from the team selection rubric AND by *trying out* for the books they have read.
As always, there are many wonderful books on the GA CBA/HRRB list! Many of the books touch on complicated topics that are relevant to what is happening in our world today.
There are 10 titles on the 2020-2021 list.
We are trying to encourage students to read a variety of books AND be a competitive team at the same time! Thank you for joining us.
We look forward to seeing you at
a Reading Bowl Club meeting!