Congratulations to our Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl East Region Winners! We are excited to have Haymon-Morris Middle and Winder-Barrow High Schools represent Barrow County at the State HRRB Championship on Saturday, March 18, 2023.
Middle School Winners
1st place - Haymon-Morris Middle School
2nd place - Loganville Middle School
3rd place - Youth Middle School
High School Winners
1st place - Winder-Barrow High School
2nd place - Loganville High School
3rd place - Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy
The first round of our Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl was on Jan. 24 at the Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy. The teams were from Haymon-Morris Middle School, Russell Middle School, Westside Middle School, the Arts and Innovation Magnet School, Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy, and Winder-Barrow High School. From that event, the rankings were:
Middle School Division
Champion: Haymon Morris Middle School
Hogan Gooch, Amelia Rogers, Jackie Jimene, Akwasi Opoku, Brett Burch, Corrinn Bradley, Novi Buckley, Zelda Groeninger, Kennedy Brown
2nd Place: Arts Innovation Magnet School
Ava Austin, Abby Welborn, Cady Libby, Mia Wagner, Brianna Dominguez, Will Stockwell, Ben Stockwell, Elara Ethridge, Sarah Kate Gardner, Brianna Reusmann
3rd Place: Russell Middle School
Brylee Robinson, Addai Smith, Ceciley Vanderniet, Mason Greenhoe, Kamdyn Aguilar
4th Place: Westside Middle School
Leo Glenn, Parley Randall, Kailyn Myles, Makayla Doling, Dominic Hiraldo, Jaina Bratcher, Heylee Gonzalez Morales, Dorothy Casto
High School Division
Champion: Winder Barrow High School
Ema Clair Caine, Andrew Heck, Lily Ross, Abby Todd, Conrad Kesler
2nd Place: Barrow Arts and Science Academy
Soli Nebyou, Helena Cadavid, Eden Eady, Zahara Jones, Ariel Brooks, Emma Pitman, Stacey Mizell, Destiny Harris
About the Reading Bowl
The Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl is a state competition that quizzes students on books from the current list of Georgia Children's Book Award nominees.