Students are excited about Battle of the Books and are already reading the books and forming their teams. This competition is voluntary for 4-5-6 graders. They form teams with no more than 4 per team and read the 12 selected books by the end of January. Then we meet in the library at lunchtime and run the “Battles” where the teams answer questions about the books. That tournament is double elimination. When we have established our building winning team, we go online to battle teams across the district. I am proud of the students at Einstein, because they have really kept the fun in the program. We have won the district battle once and always make a good showing.