The Acorn campus of Ouachita River School District recently sent a group of students to compete in the Mena-DeQueen Educational Coop’s annual Reading Fair. Students at the Reading Fair gave presentations via storyboards, technology, and oral presentations on their chosen books. Categories included Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Technology.
Winners and categories are pictured.
Sophie Strasner and Holiday Neufeld won 2nd place with their 5th Grade Technology Presentation of the fiction book Wonder by RJ Palacio.
Jonathan Bodkin and Michael Laing won 2nd Place for his 6th Grade Technology Presentation on the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
Kaelin Harding won 3rd Place in 6th Grade Fiction on the book Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.
Emmy Goss and Ashlynn Bissell won 2nd Place for 8th Grade Fiction on the book Ghost Dog Secrets by Peg Kehret.
Makenna Goss won overall Best Presentation for 9th Grade for A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas.
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