Excitement, nerves and jubilation punctuated the air when the 2023 Delta Reading Link Challenge took place on Friday, April 21, the first in-person challenge since the pandemic began.
Fifteen school teams assembled in Tsawwassen’s South Park Elementary gym - seven from North Delta, five from Tsawwassen and three from Ladner.
Delta school district trustee Joe Muego, board chair Val Windsor and Delta Libraries Manager Dr. Sarwan Singh Randhawa attended.
All teams finished with near-close scores, with four teams tied for second place.
The winning team, with an almost perfect score, was Ladner Elementary’s Masters of the Book. Congratulations to team members Sophia Binfet, Calum Buchanan, Claire Gillan, Ganessa Leigh, Paige Orzen and Oaklyn Stalker, along with Learning Support Teacher Carole Abercrombie, who will now go on to represent Delta at the Fraser Valley Regional Library Community Challenge on April 27.
The FVRL Reading Link Challenge is a yearly event that encourages reading as a fun and recreational activity for grade 4 and 5 students of all reading abilities to engage in the sport of reading. Interested students form teams of six players. Teams are accountable for knowing the contents of six books, with each team player responsible for reading at least one title. Students get the books (provided by FVRL) in November and read until February. After the Delta Challenge, the winning team competes in the FVRL Community Challenge with the hopes of representing FVRL at the regional Grand Challenge, where they’ll compete against teams from other public libraries for a chance to win the Reading Link Challenge Trophy.
-Submitted by Fraser Valley Regional Library
