WOW!!! I am speechless with pride and excitement! Our teams did SO WELL. Congratulations to the Geek Squad who came in 7th (out of 22 teams!) and Rockin' Hawks who came in 3rd place! Our hard work has really paid off.

We made the Culpeper Star Exponent: so check out the great picture of Simon and the nice article about the Open at St. Lukes.

I will be out on Wednesday, so we'll be having our regular lunch time meeting on Thursday the 1st of March. TEAM MEMBERS GET A DRESS DOWN DAY ON THURSDAY!!! You can wear your BoB t-shirt and jeans!

Parents, thank you for all your WONDERFUL support. Now we're in the home stretch. We'll be going to the Battle right after spring break, so we will all need to keep our minds fresh and our facts in place!

Please send me any photos you may have, as we'll be putting together a presentation for assembly after we return from the Battle in March.

YAY TEAM!!!! Mrs. DeHart

Hi! We had a great impromptu extra meeting. Here are the teams we broke up into.

The Geek Squad (self chosen name, I assure you!)
Nathan
Fiona
Dylan
Jacob
Marina

The Rockin' Hawks
Annie
Katie
Sara
Simon
Parker

We'll meet at St. Luke's at NOON. Elizabeth Bennett is bringing the pizza. Michele Daniel-Shenk is making the COOLEST EVER T-SHIRTS!!! So there is no dress code, just looking nice so we represent Highland in a fabulous way!! Fiona will bring birthday cake to celebrate her upcoming birthday (the day after the Open, I believe).

Thank you Dylan for the Logo Competition entry. If any of you have any other entries, please just BRING THEM TO THE OPEN!!!! Print TWO sizes: 4" x 6" and 8" x 10". Thanks!

Great work, and off we go. Have I mentioned that I am excited and nervous??

Mrs. DeHart

Ooooh, I am attention-impaired today:

As you may have guessed, the scrimmage has been cancelled! Too much snow!

Oops...in the last post I meant the OPEN is this Saturday, as you may have guessed.

Also, if there is any reason you think you may NOT attend, please let me know as SOON as you can, so we can rearrange teams.

THANK YOU!!!!

OKAY! All the snow days have thrown me off a little, and there is a lot to discuss. We will have an extra meeting tomorrow so we can prepare, because the meeting is THIS SATURDAY!!.

It is at Saint Luke's School in Culpeper from noon to 4. We'll be providing pizza (compliments of Mr. Harmon) and St. Lukes will provide the drinks, plates, etc. I sent the invitation home with your children today. PLEASE let me know via email at sdehart@highlandschool.org whether you will be coming! I think it is easiest if we just all drive separately, although Michele Daniel-Shenk has offered to drive from Highland in her minivan and take riders if anybody needs transportation. LET ME KNOW!!!

We had four teammates missing today, so hopefully we'll see them at our extra meeting tomorrow at lunch in the library.

Today the "battlers" took a multiple choice test which will be graded, and we'll choose captains for each team tomorrow. We will try to spread the "experts" to each team, so we have good coverage, because I know some of us haven't read all the books yet! (myself included)

Also, BRING ANY LOGO ENTRIES that you have!!! We REALLY need to have a showing for this contest!

More tomorrow! I am excited and nervous and proud! Mrs. DeHart

Happy Saturday, I hope everyone had a fun day yesterday. Here is the latest:

I'd LIKE to have an extra meeting on MONDAY during LUNCH. I will announce it at the assembly. Many of the students have brought questions in, so I think we'll just review any questions we have, and for those books that ALL of us haven't read, we will point those to the "experts".

We are trying to reschedule the scrimmage for after school NEXT WEDNESDAY. I will post more on this as SOON as I have more information.

Encourage your kids to enter SOMETHING for the super fabulous LOGO competetion! Their artwork will be on display at the open, and if they win, their logo will be on all future Piedmont Battle of the Books correspondence and flyers and posters!!

I really want to thank all of you for keeping up with the blog, it makes sharing information SO EASY for me, and you all are so supportive and fun. THANK YOU!

Mrs. DeHart

Hi! Here is the latest on the scrimmage. Kim Janak, Warrenton Middle School's BOB leader, would like us there as CLOSE to 3:30 as possible. I'm going to see if our 5 can scoot out a little early. Also, anyone who'd be willing to donate snacks for the meet? All the teams are bringing snacks and we're all going to share.

Here is a description of how the scrimmage will proceed: "The scrimmage will go something like this---a round of questions will be given to entire group for 30 minutes;approx. 30-40 "In what book" questions. Teams answer on a white board, correct answer earns a "chip" (the plastic poker type). Top 4 teams move onto an A/B team single elimination Tournament running a session just the way it will be done in the competitions. Hopefully the 2 sessions will last about 15 minutes each."

Let me know by email at sdehart@highlandschool.org if you can bring some snacks tomorrow! Thanks for all your support.

Mrs. DeHart

Today we had our Yearbook Picture taken!

















Thanks to Michelle Daniel-Shenk for being our fantastic photographer. What great kids we have on our team!

Mrs. DeHart