Beckwith Library Contest

Recently, the Beckwith Middle School library kicked off the school year with a contest aimed at getting students into the library to promote and encourage reading for pleasure and enjoyment. The contest, “How Many Books in the Library?” had students counting and estimating the number of books in the collection. New students to the school had a chance to visit the library and everyone had a chance to check out old favorites and view brand new additions to the collection.

It was interesting to watch the different ways the students tackled the task at hand, individually, in teams, with calculators or pencil and papers - they were serious and competitive!

"Prizes for two students who were closest to the collection numbers were promised and happily delivered on Monday, October 3rd. A special thank you to the Student Council and Carol Jerauld for the contribution of a fifteen dollar Scholastic Book Fair gift certificate to each student.

The winners, both fifth graders were Allison Tito who guessed 12,700 and David Hunt (12,682). The actual number of titles in the Beckwith library is 12,652. Congratulations to the winners and all the participants in the contest and the Beckwith staff for their support of a strong library program.