Congratulations to the final BOTB team who faced 5 other schools in the first of the two Zoom BOTB battles and came out on top in their battle! The Taylor Park, Sperling, Westridge, Confederation Park and Buckingham teams were worthy competitors.

I, Mrs. Nerpio, had our team in the library for the battle while the rest of the class watched from the classroom with Mr. Grant. In my 6+ years of participating in Battle of the Books, it was the first time the final battles were done over Zoom, which was both a challenge but also created new and different opportunities. Normally, when all the teams are in one gym the teams work through the questions with whispers, pointing and gesturing. Because each team was at their own school and were muted on Zoom the team could actually talk and it was my absolute pleasure to watch our team talk through the questions and work together to figure out the answers. I was so busy scoring our team and enjoying watching them that I forgot to take a photo!

The second BOTB battle was held 2 days later using the exact same questions and Clinton won that battle beating our score by one point. The Clinton-Glenwood students sure did a great job preparing for the battles. The organizers are now busy tracking down the winner’s plaque so hopefully, it will arrive soon and can be sent out for engraving.

Good job everyone!