March Madness Continues in English Department

In celebration of March Madness, the BW English Department is encouraging students to participate in a contest to select their favorite books from the BW Library.  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 second week of voting is Friday, March 17.

Annual March Madness Event Starts This Week

In celebration of March Madness, the BW English Department invites students to participate in a game of brackets to select their favorite book from the BW Library.  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 10.

Belleville West Students Pass 2.76 Million Pages of Pleasure Reading

At the start of the 2022-2023 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 fourth with 498,247 pages of pleasure reading.  The seniors read 135,475 pages in the fourth triad, an average of 425 pages per senior.  These senior classes read the most pages per student:

Mr. Brunner, fifth hour – 1375 pages per student

Mr. Lodle, fifth hour – 809 pages per student

Ms. Thurnau, third hour – 635 pages per student

Ms. Thurnau, seventh hour – 608 pages per student

Mr. Brunner, sixth hour – 591 pages per student

Ms. Schaab, fourth hour – 575 pages per student

Mrs. Story, second hour – 574 pages per student

Mr. Lodle, sixth hour – 448 pages per student

The JUNIOR CLASS finished the fourth triad with 579,540 pages of pleasure reading.  The juniors read 156,156 pages in the fourth triad (their best triad this year!), an average of 383 pages per junior.  These junior classes read the most pages per student:

Mr. Garland, second hour – 1006 pages per student

Mr. Brunner, first hour – 870 pages per student

Mr. Schobert, sixth hour – 798 pages per student

Mr. Brunner, second hour – 780 pages per student

Mr. Brunner, third hour – 747 pages per student

Ms. Chalmers, sixth hour – 594 pages per student

Mr. Chalmers, fourth hour – 505 pages per student

Mr. Schobert, second hour – 472 pages per student

Ms. Chalmers, seventh hour – 467 pages per student

The SOPHOMORE CLASS finished the fourth triad with 899,8674pages of pleasure reading—almost 90% of the way to their goal!  The sophomores read 268,994 pages in the fourth triad (their best triad this year!), an average of 549 pages per sophomore.  These sophomore classes read the most pages per student:

Mr. Johnson, second hour – 3270 pages per student

Ms. Schloesser, seventh hour – 2750 pages per student

Ms. Schloesser, second hour – 1165 pages per student

Ms. Schloeser, sixth hour – 782 pages per student

Ms. Chalmers – 708 pages per student

Mr. Jenkins, third hour – 654 pages per student

Mrs. Lewis – 493 pages per student

Mr. Johnson, fourth hour – 437 pages per student

Ms. Kurtz – 420 pages per student

The FRESHMAN CLASS finished the fourth triad with 782,650 pages of pleasure reading—more than 75% of their goal!  The freshmen read 231,331 pages in the fourth triad (their best triad this year!), an average of 461 pages per freshmen.  These freshman classes read the most pages per student:

Ms. Thurnau, first hour – 1731 pages per student

Ms. Thurnau, second hour – 1135 pages per student

Ms. Mims, seventh hour – 823 pages per student

Mrs. Hunter, fifth hour – 744 pages per student

Ms. Thurnau, fifth hour – 780 pages per student

Ms. Mims, sixth hour – 532 pages per student

Mr. Herron, fifth hour – 503 pages per student

Mrs. Coyne, first hour – 495 pages per student

Mr. Herron, sixth hour – 460 pages per student

Right now, only the SOPHOMORE CLASS and the FRESHMAN CLASS are on pace to surpass ONE MILLION PAGES by the end of the year!  JUNIORS and SENIORS, you still have time to catch up.  Visit the library, choose some good books for your winter break, and keep reading!