2023 BCSS Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl

Congratulations to our students who placed in the State Championship of the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl!

High School

2nd place: Winder-Barrow High School

Middle School

3rd place: Haymon-Morris Middle School

Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl East Region standings:

Middle School

1st place - Haymon-Morris Middle School
2nd place - Loganville Middle School
3rd place - Youth Middle School

High School

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

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

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.