Each year, students from across the Ketchikan School District test their skills in a bookish battle.
The Battle of the Books program is presented through the Alaska Association of School Librarians. Each spring, AASLA releases a list of books tailored for student participants in kindergarten through 12th grade, and the students have the majority of the year to read all the books on the list.
Then, in the fall, at the beginning of the next school year, students form teams and engage in âbattlesâ (of) involving trivia about the books with other students from competing teams in their same grade bracket.
Beardslee says the class offers the best of both worlds.
âI like writing and reading in general,â Beardslee said. âThe reading aspect, though, is something I especially enjoy. The class consists of analytical writing and reading.â
Hudson, an English teacher at Perry, is one of those instructors who is easy to connect with, and the interaction between him and his students is engaging and flows well, Beardslee said.
âI would say heâs quite personable and heâs easy to get along with,â Beardslee said. âHeâs interactive with students and has fun with them.â
When it comes to reading books, Beardslee said there are several he has enjoyed. Right now he is reading âSteve Jobs,â by Walter Isaacson.
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