English 5-6 Students Can Earn Final Exam Exemption

English Department Begins March Madness

In celebration of March Madness, the BW English Department is asking students to participate in a game of brackets to select their favorite Young Adult literature.  Each week in March, students can vote for their favorite books by visiting this link.  Every student who participates will be entered in a drawing, with the prize winners announced at the end of the month.  The deadline for the first week of voting is Friday, March 6.

Vote for the 2015 Abe Lincoln Book

Belleville West High School students who have read four or more of the Abe Lincoln book nominees are eligible to vote in the 2015 book selection.

The Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award is awarded annually to the author of the book voted as most outstanding by participating students in grades nine through twelve in Illinois. The award is named for Abraham Lincoln, one of Illinois’ most famous residents and himself an avid reader and noted author. The award is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA).  The Abraham Lincoln Award is designed to encourage high school students to read for personal satisfaction and become familiar with authors of young adult and adult books.

To vote, students can stop in the BW Library or visit the BW Library site.  The deadline for voting is Saturday, February 28.

This year’s Abe Lincoln nominees are:

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Ask the Passengers by A.S. King

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

DJ Rising by Love Maia

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden

The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey

Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern

The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Sheperd

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Swim the Fly by Don Calame

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

The Selection by Kiera Cass

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Winger by Andrew Smith

BW Readers Pass 3.5 Million Pages

Belleville West reads!  The BW English Department challenged the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes to each read one million pages of pleasure reading during this school year.  At the end of the fourth triad, each class is more than 80% of the way to the goal!

At the end of the fourth triad, the SOPHOMORE CLASS has reclaimed the top spot, with 908,974 pages of pleasure reading.  (The sophomore class read 240,147 pages during the fourth triad—an average of 443 pages per sophomore.)  These sophomore classes read the most pages during the fourth triad:

Mr. Johnson’s first hour – 19,567 pages

Mr. Johnson’s fifth hour – 19,418 pages

Ms. Schloesser’s fourth hour – 17,601 pages

Mr. Jenkins’s second hour – 15,629 pages

Mrs. Story’s seventh hour – 15,368 pages

Mr. Jenkins’s sixth hour – 15,341 pages

Mrs. Lewis’s second hour – 15,013 pages

Ms. Schloesser’s sixth hour – 12,987 pages

Mr. Reidelberger’s fourth hour – 12,911 pages

At the end of the fourth triad, the SENIOR CLASS is in second place, with 898,849 pages of pleasure reading.  (The senior class read 199,109 pages during the fourth triad, an average of 464 pages per senior.)  These senior classes read the most pages during the fourth triad: 

Mr. Lodle’s sixth hour – 25,944 pages

Mr. Schobert’s sixth hour – 19,291 pages

Mr. Lodle’s fifth hour – 16,086 pages

Ms. Thurnau’s seventh hour – 15,283 pages

Ms. Hoelscher’s second hour – 10,701 pages

Mrs. Story’s third hour – 10,139 pages

Mr. Jenkins’s seventh hour – 9,678 pages

At the end of the fourth triad, the FRESHMAN CLASS is just behind the senior class, with 869,093 pages of pleasure reading.  (The freshman class read 243,910 pages during the fourth triad—the most pages of any class this triad.  That’s an average of 458 pages per freshman.)  These freshman classes read the most pages during the fourth triad:

Ms. Thurnau’s sixth hour – 25,994 pages

Mr. Garland’s first hour – 22,503 pages

Mr. Garland’s sixth hour – 22,415 pages

Mrs. Hunter’s sixth hour – 17,372 pages

Ms. Thurnau’s fifth hour – 15,721 pages

Ms. Thurnau’s third hour – 14,736 pages

Ms. Ursani’s second hour – 12,930 pages

Dr. Etter’s sixth hour – 11,663 pages

Mrs. Hunter’s seventh hour – 11,237 pages

At the end of the fourth triad, the JUNIOR CLASS is still in fourth place.  But the juniors are closing the gap, with a total of 821,436 pages of pleasure reading.  (The junior class read 240,025 pages during the fourth triad.  That’s their best triad of the year, with 438 pages per junior.)  These junior classes read the most during the fourth triad:

Ms. Chalmers’s seventh hour – 50,899 pages

Mr. Spriggs’s third hour – 19,914 pages

Mrs. Story’s second hour – 15,242 pages

Mr. Brunner’s sixth hour – 14,260 pages

Mr. Spriggs’s fifth hour – 14,104 pages

Mrs. Story’s fourth hour – 11,637 pages

Ms. Chalmers’s fourth hour – 10,686 pages

Ms. Sage’s sixth hour – 10,445 pages

The BW ENGLISH TEACHERS read 19,906 pages of pleasure reading during the fourth triad.  That’s their best triad of the year, with an average of 995 pages per English teacher.

Can the sophomore class maintain the lead?  Can the freshman class surpass the senior class?  Can the junior class close the gap?  Keep reading, Belleville West!

Your challenge for the fifth triad:  Read more pages than you did during the fourth triad.