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Today, William Dunbar Public School won both the Junior Battle of the Books and Senior Battle of the Books for the City of Pickering. Both teams will be moving on to the Regional Finals to be held this Thursday evening in Whitby. Good Luck, students.
Also competing in the Junior Battle of the Books were teams from Blaisdale Montessori School (second place) and Elizabeth B Phin Public School (third place), as well as teams from the Montessori Learning Centre (second place) and St. Monica Catholic School (third place) for Senior Battle of the Books.
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On Tuesday afternoon, April 16th, Pickering Central Library held the finals for the 2013 City of Pickering Battle of the Books. After a hard fought Semi-Final, three teams from the Junior (Grades 4 to 6) and three teams from the Senior (Grades 7 and 8) moved on to the City Finals. William Dunbar Public School won at both the Junior and Senior level and moved onto the Regional Battle of the Books which will be held Thursday April 18th in Whitby. Congratulations to all the students and teachers from all Pickering-area schools which competed in this year's Battle of the Books. See you all next year.
Please to announce the winners of the Book Cover Re-design Contest Sara, for her re-design of the Hobbit, and Jasimine, for her re-design of Breaking Dawn.
Congratulations, and they both won tickets to see the movie, courtesy of Famous Players Pickering 8! Thank you to everyone who submitted their entries for the contest.
Last August we asked Pickering's Master LEGO Builders to participate in the LEGO Construction Contest. We were not disappointed. We had a great turnout and some great LEGO brick projects for our contest! Here are some pictures of the last year's winners!
Congratulations to the Pickering Battle of the Books Teams who were both Silver Medal Finalists in last night's Regional Battle of the Books Competition in Oshawa.
Congratulations to our City of Pickering 2012 Battle of the Book Champions, William Dunbar Public School (Junior Battle of the Books) and Highbush Public School (Senior Battle of the Books).
It was another great year for the competition. Great work everyone, students, Teacher-Coaches and parents of the participants. Hope to see everyone back next year!!
Winners of the March Break Short Story Contest, with Judges, Ruvette Coelho and Alexander Shanahan, from the Pickering Public Library Board, Mika Midolo, TV Personality and Pickering resident, and, Cathy Grant, Elizabeth De Marco and Sarah West from the Pickering Public Library
High Schools from Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax and Pickering squared off in a Battle of the Books Competition on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at McLaughlin Branch of Oshawa Public Libraries.
Teams were each asked a total of 48 questions based on 15 books. Two different types of questions are posed: In which book does… and secondly, In The Way It Is, name the award… Students have 20 seconds to respond to the first kind of question with the title and author last name and a total of 2 minutes and 30 seconds to respond to the Lightning round questions.
