The Oregon Battle of the Books is a great program that supports and promotes reading.  The sections are divided into grades 3-5, 6-8  and high school.  Each grade level has sixteen books that are on the reading list.   In February we had a district competition held at Oaklea.  Our grades 3-5 competed against Oaklea, Laurel and Territorial.  Becky Smith was in charge of the Laurel group, Rebecca Carmichael for Territorial and Sherrene Kulm and Carol Davis for Oaklea's group.  All students that participated in OBOB took part in the Battle.  Oaklea's band played Eye of the Tiger as students arrived. Parents and siblings were invited to attend and chairs were assembled in Oaklea's small gym.  The teams are divided into groups of four with one alternate.  Teams were asked eight  "In which book" questions and eight content questions.  Points are kept through out the competition and totals added at the end.  The top team in each group grade level continues on to compete at the regional level.  Grade 3-5 regionals were held at North Eugene High School.  Grades 6-8 regionals were held at North Eugene High School.  Our Oaklea grades 6-8 made it to the "Sweet sixteen" before being eliminated.  We are very proud of all partcipants this year.  All students read many books and were great competitors.