Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors Approach One Million Pages

The freshmen, sophomores, and juniors have started the second semester with a lot of reading!

At the end of the fourth triad, the freshman class has read the most total pages this year, with 867,416 pages of pleasure reading.  (That’s more than 85% of the way to one million pages!)  The freshmen read 211,058 pages in just the fourth triad, the most pages of any class during this triad.  That’s an average of 328 pages per freshman during the fourth triad.  These freshman classes all read more than 10,000 pages during the fourth triad:

            Mrs. Thurnau—3^rd hour:         16,171 pages

            Mrs. Spriggs—1^st hour:           15,949 pages

            Mrs. Spriggs—2^nd hour:          12,115 pages

            Mrs. Thurnau—5^th hour:         11,937 pages

            Ms. Bielong—1^st hour:            11,701 pages  

            Mrs. Thurnau—6^th hour:         10,841 pages

            Ms. Ursani—1^st hour:              10,371 pages

            Ms. Sage—5^th hour:                10,240 pages

            Ms. Ursani—2^nd hour:             10,214 pages              

The junior class has read 745,686 pages of pleasure reading for the year, almost 75% of their goal.  The juniors read 157,922 pages in the fourth triad.  That’s an average of 304 pages per junior during the fourth triad.  These junior classes all read more than 10,000 pages during the fourth triad:

            Dr. Roberts—4^th hour:            16,230 pages

            Dr. Roberts—6^th hour:            14,573 pages

            Ms. Chalmers—6^th hour:         14,452 pages

            Ms. Chalmers—4^th hour:         13,714 pages

            Mr. Brunner—5^th hour:           12,955 pages

            Mr. Brunner—1^st hour:           11,607 pages

The sophomore class has really stepped it up.  The sophomores have surpassed 70% of their goal, with 714,002 pages of pleasure reading for the year.  The sophomores read 203,752 pages in the fourth triad—that’s over 45,000 pages more than the junior class (and only 7,000 pages less than the freshman class).  That’s an average of 368 pages per sophomore during the fourth triad—better than the freshman class or the junior class!  These sophomore classes all read more than 10,000 pages during the fourth triad:

            Ms. Bielong—6^th hour:           24,604 pages

            Ms. Bielong—5^th hour:           16,934 pages

            Ms. Rakers—7^th hour:             15,262 pages

            Mr. Reidelberger—3^rd hour:    13,113 pages

            Mrs. Hunter—4^th hour:           12,497 pages

            Mrs. Lewis—6^th hour:             12,226 pages

            Mr. Johnson—2^nd hour:           11,318 pages

            Ms. Rakers—1^st hour:             10,758 pages  

The teachers in the English department read 22,485 pages of pleasure reading during the fourth triad—an average of 1,124 pages per English teacher!  So far this year, all BW teachers combined have read 113,479 pages of pleasure reading.

Can the freshmen reach one million pages by the end of the fifth triad?  Can the sophomores maintain their pace and read more pages than the other classes during the fifth triad?  Can the juniors regain their competitive edge from the first semester?

Keep reading, Belleville West!