Now that Winter Break is over, and Chinese New Year is over, we are ramping up in our Battle of the Books preparation. Battle of the Books is a fun and interactive reading activity that has happened at SAS for almost ten years, and for the last 6 years in our Elementary School. Back in 2017 Pudong ES entered one team to compete alongside MS students at Concordia, since then we have built up to the point where we can have our own Elementary School competition.

However, until this year, that Elementary competition has only included 5th grade students. This year for the first time, we have extended the invitation to our 4th grade students. We have asked students who are curious, in 4th and 5th grade, to attend information sessions if they were interested in participating. EVERY STUDENT who WANTED to participate has been accepted, and now it is up to them to attend one session in the library for the next month, and then probably two per week for the month leading up to the TBD date somewhere between April 18 and April 22nd.

56 students are participating in this years Battle of the Books; 40 5th graders and 16 4th graders. We have students from each of the 7 4th and 5th grade classes. Students are tasked with finishing all 8 books chosen by librarians in Shanghai from other international schools as well as SAS.

Everything you need to know about the Battle of the Books including links to great resources about the books can be found here.