Hello dear ABAT blog readers,
I believe it has been a long time since I have updated you about our most recent English language projects.
For the second year in a row, the British Council's "Kids Read" ship boarded our ABAT dock.
This year, our elementary students had an important mission to accomplish before the 7th of December: finding a name for the "Kids Read" bookworm.
Our young ABATians were up to the challenge and filled the required templates, I found myself surrounded by hundreds of original names and clever answers, among which I had to choose only three winners.
Our three outstanding winning participants who were crowned at ABAT came as follows:
1st place: Baraa Al Jibali (Grade 6 A)
2nd place: Ahmad Mahfouz (Grade 2 A)
3rd place: Ahmad Lababidi (Grade 6 B)
Our 1st place winner will be joining national and regional competitions, so cross your fingers really tight...
However, the competition doesn't end here, for this year English speaking teachers were also involved in a "Teachers Read" competition according to which each teacher picked her favorite story among the "Kids Read" various entries, voted for it, and summarized it in a way that would attract their students to read it themselves. Later on, students were curious to read what their teachers wrote and headed to the school library to choose the same stories and fill out the reading passports.
All the students' and teachers' thorough work was displayed in a creatively designed and eye-catching "Big Book" hung at the entrance of the school.
Last Monday, the Kids Read project manager Ms. Claire Ross and her assistant Mrs. Rola Ziadeh visited our school being the first school to complete the competition requirements on time, and they praised the assiduous work of the participants and the originality of the "Big Book" display area. They also met with our winners and congratulated them in person.
Last but not least, I need you to wish our winner and teachers all the luck.
I'll come back to you soon with more fresh news about the results.
Until then, grab your favorite book, and read it along with a hot cup of coffee; it's the best choice you can have on these cold nights...
