3rd Graders at Seventh Ward Elementary are READING STATE CHAMPS!
The third graders at Seventh Ward Elementary School recently competed in a world wide AND state level 4 week reading competition called READBowl. READBowl along with “Share the Magic Foundation” was created by former NFL Patriots player Malcolm Mitchell to encourage children to read. Teams from all 50 states and 7 countries competed to read for the most minutes per week. The 3rd grade team, led by school librarian Mrs. Nicole Duhon, was called “Mrs. Nicole’s Ragin’ Cajun Readers”. The team ranked in the top 25 teams 3 weeks in a row in the global Big 3 Conference.