Share Good Books with Friends in 2025

Are you thinking about what books you’ll read this year?  Do you like to talk with friends about the books you read?  Try the “12 Months, 12 Friends, 12 Books” reading challenge.

Start the Year with a Reading Challenge

At the start of 2025, resolve to make time to read every day.  Try the BW English Department reading challenge, or try one of the many reading challenges you can find online.

Brighten the Dark Days of Winter with a Good Book

During the short days of the winter months, don’t be afraid of the dark. Brighten your day with one of these books, all of which have the word “dark” in the title.

Belleville West Students Clear 1.5 Million Pages in First Semester

At the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, 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.

The SENIOR CLASS finished the semester with 336,119 pages of pleasure reading.  They read 163,273 pages in the second quarter, an average of 417 pages per senior.  These senior classes read the most pages per student:

Mr. Lodle, second hour – 984 pages per student

Mr. Reidelberger, third hour – 914 pages per student

Ms. Schaab, fourth hour – 623 pages per student

Mr. Armknecht, fourth hour – 537 pages per student

Mr. Lodle, first hour – 537 pages per student

Mr. Herron, second hour – 524 pages per student

Mrs. Story, sixth hour – 506 pages per student

Mrs. Lewis, fifth hour – 487 pages per student

Mrs. Story, seventh hour – 472 pages per student

Mr. Brunner, sixth hour – 459 pages per student

The JUNIOR CLASS finished the semester with 485,983 pages of pleasure reading.  They read 253,583 pages in the second quarter, an average of 579 pages per junior.  These junior classes read the most pages per student:

Ms. Hodson, third hour – 949 pages per student

Mr. Brunner, second hour – 942 pages per student

Ms. Hodson, seventh hour – 874 pages per student

Mr. Schobert, sixth hour – 766 pages per student

Mr. Garland, second hour – 724 pages per student

Ms. Guebert, fourth hour – 705 pages per student

Mr. Schobert, fifth hour – 661 pages per student

Mr. Schobert, third hour – 642 pages per student

Ms. Chalmers, second hour – 641 pages per student

Mr. Schobert, second hour – 612 pages per student

Ms. Chalmers, fourth hour – 608 pages per student

The SOPHOMORE CLASS finished the semester with 431,469 pages of pleasure reading.  They read 215,459 pages in the second quarter, an average of 456 pages per sophomore.  These sophomore classes read the most pages per student:

Mrs. Schlich, fifth hour – 832 pages per student

Mr. Armknecht, third hour – 815 pages per student

Ms. Schloesser, sixth hour – 684 pages per student

Ms. Schloesser, first hour – 680 pages per student

Mrs. Schlich, seventh hour – 647 pages per student

Mr. Armknecht, sixth hour – 642 pages per student

Mrs. Schlich, first hour – 575 pages per student

Ms. Schloesser, third hour – 538 pages per student

Mr. Jenkins, second hour – 527 pages per student

Ms. Schloesser, second hour – 513 pages per student

Mr. Armknecht, first hour – 511 pages per student

Ms. Hodson, sixth hour – 508 pages per student

The FRESHMAN CLASS finished the semester with 345,018 pages of pleasure reading.  They read 192,724 pages in the second quarter, an average of 400 pages per freshman.  These freshman classes read the most pages per student:

Ms. Schaefer, first hour – 807 pages per student

Ms. Mims, third hour – 691 pages per student

Ms. Guebert, seventh hour – 690 pages per student

Ms. Rodgers, seventh hour – 560 pages per student

Ms. Mims, fifth hour – 542 pages per student

Ms. Rodgers, sixth hour – 529 pages per student

Ms. Rodgers, first hour – 454 pages per student

Ms. Rodgers, second hour – 452 pages per student

Ms. Guebert, second hour – 443 pages per student

Ms. Guebert, first hour – 426 pages per student

Mrs. Story, fourth hour – 426 pages per student

Keep reading, Belleville West!