Barkley Elementary Kids Make Reading a Winning Proposition

15 of Barkley Elementary School’s best and brightest fourth and fifth graders took home Blue Ribbons for their performance in the Chester County Reading Olympics on April 4.

The members of the "Barkley Sleuth Squad," of the Barkley Reading Olympics Club, were selected based on their participation in the club's weekly luncheon meetings, the number of books they've read, and their commitment to reading quality literature, according to district public relations coordinator Sandra Claus.

The competition, held at the Technical College High School’s Pickering Campus, was comprised of three different rounds of questioning, and over 60 questions on 45 selected books. 

According to Claus, the Reading Olympics Club is new at Barkley this year. Eventually, the club plans to hold its own Barkley Reading Olympics based on ideas and questions generated by the students themselves.