DCSS Students Excel at Tome Society Competition

This year six schools from Douglas County participated for the first time in Tome Society competitions. Tome Society is a student literary organization that sponsors reading activities and competitions based on the “It List,” a list compiled by the society of clean, entertaining, and encouraging literature for children and young adults.

After students prepared and took three online exams during the school year, the top four teams in the state for middle school and high school from the online competition qualified to compete in the face to face competition at TomeCon. Students also had the opportunity to participate in 24 different individual events ranging from poetry to art to app creation. The face to face and individual competitions took place at the University of North Georgia’s Gainesville campus on March 14. Students also had the opportunity to meet authors of a few of the books that were on the It List this year. Douglas County was well represented and walked away with the awards listed below.

“The competitions highlight the various strengths of our students,” said Douglas County High School Media Specialist Kristy Herlihy. “It isn’t just memorizing book facts in a quiz bowl style anymore. Students can create works of art about the books, develop video book reviews, and complete technology based projects. As we move forward our goal is to have more student participation every year. Next year the elementary schools will have a chance to participate, so it is a very exciting time for literacy within the county.”

Alexander High School

1^st place High School It List Book Review Vlog – Avery Timmons and Elizabeth Blevins

1^st place High School Infographic – Elizabeth Blevins

Chapel Hill Middle School

1^st place Middle School It List Book Promotional Flyer – Jarrett Robinson

1^st place Middle School Digital Reading Bowl

1^st Place Middle School Face to Face Reading Bowl (Team Members: Jayden Henry, Baruch Padierna, Jarrett Robinson, Leyla Brown, Neal Daniel, Isabella Felix, Riley Bookout, Jeffrey Williams, Jennifer Cochran, Irene Essien)

Chestnut Log Middle School

2^nd place Book Review Blog – Neah Danku

2nd place Book Talk – Neah Danku

1^st place App Creation – Roxanne Jean-Baptiste and Isatou Njie

1^st place Techfolio – Isatou Njie

Chapter – Best T-shirt (designed by Matthew Kirkham)

Douglas County High School

1^st place High School Digital Reading Bowl

1^st Place High School Face to Face Reading Bowl (Team Members: Duncan Helms, Abi Griffin, and Sydney Roe)

2^nd place High School Blog Article Review – Abi Griffin

2^nd place High School Fan Art – Sierra McIntosh

3^rd place High School Fan Art – Morgan Dykes

1^st place High School Poetry – Sydney Roe

2^nd place High School It List Book Review Vlog – Sydney Roe and Duncan Helms

2^nd place High School Fan Fiction – Jamia Altidor

2^nd place High School Book Talk – Sydney Roe

Tome Service Award – Duncan Helms and Jovanna Patterson

3^rd place High School Chapter T-shirt Competition

3^rd place Tome Chapter of the Year

Fairplay Middle School

1^st place Middle School Fan Fiction – Alex Larson

3^rd place Middle School Poetry– Alyssa Roe

Yeager Middle School

2^nd place Face to Face Reading Bowl (Team Members: Alexis Reeves, Alexa Robles, Lindsey Robles, Allison Kelly, Deanna Washington, Roxy Bridges, and Nathaniel Wisdom)