Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Carma Weisbrook's fifth grade class at Mary Lynch Elementary School placed 85th nationally in the BOOK IT! program. Pictured, front row, from left, are: Connor Glanz, KaeLynn Dickinson, Gideon Casimiro, West Nelson and David Selves. Pictured, middle row, from left, are: Amy Birkhofer, Keean Reher-O'Brien, Patrick Bruner, Cortney Holt, Alycia Vrbas and Emma Kirby. Pictured, back row, from left, are: Mrs. Carma Weisbrook, Brayden Schildhauer, Azael Flores, Louise Tambanillo, McKenzie Deboodt, Katie Heeg, Riann Morton and Tianna Stierwalt.
The combined sixth grade classes of Jamie Murdoch and Bernie Walker at Mary Lynch Elementary School placed 21st nationally in the BOOK IT! program. Pictured, front row, from left, are: Jacob Flores, Jacob Lee, Jessica Rusk, Melai Casimiro, Kaleb Prather, Corey Gardner, Maddie Cook, Kyle Evans, Braden Crossman, Connor Cluff and Chris Barker. Pictured, middle row, from left, are: Jacob Miller, Cameron Skager, Cole Henton, Christian Allen-Van Pelt, Parker Kudebeh, Scott Hunsaker, Megan Spicer, Emma Martin and Raven Johnson. Pictured, back row, from left, are: Max Tracy, Marc Biberos, Ethan Ratzlaff, Jared Barnes, Brandi Councilman, Ian Schildhauer, Zander Hottell, Brooklin Golding, Sydney Biesecker, Kate Frasier, Jaydin Paxton and Sydney Keller. Not pictured: Jaden Lee, Samantha Bemis and Jesse Heide.
Laurie Janicek's fifth grade class at Mary Lynch Elementary School placed 34th nationally in the BOOK IT! program. Pictured, front row, from left, are: Grace Murdoch, Ilian Serrano-Gutierrez, MacKenzie Cole, Drake Linscott, Caelyn Long, Micah Dunegan, Maddison Merryfield and Jasmine Shelby. Pictured, middle row, from left, are: Thomas Walker-Muldoon, Trevor Anderson, Aliyah Baber, Payton Wise, Chantel Malson and Rebecca Kasprzak. Pictured, back row, from left, are: Aiden Drake, Mrs. Laurie Janicek, Damian Wolven, Emma Mielke, Annissa Kizzair, Blake McKenzie and Tanner Lukassen.
Three groups of Mary Lynch Elementary School students placed in the top 100 nationally for the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! reading program.
The combined sixth grade classes of Jamie Murdoch and Bernie Walker finished 21st nationally in the contest. Laurie Janicek's fifth grade class finished 34th nationally, and Carma Weisbrook's fifth grade class finished 85th nationally. In addition to the three Kimball classes, the fifth grade class of Lanelle Stumf in North Platte finished 45th nationally. Stumf is Janicek's daughter and a Kimball native. Those four classes are the only classes in the state to be nationally ranked in the competition.
The Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program runs October through March each school year. Students track the amount of books and time they read, which is now easier through the use of an app. They students try to reach a certain goal set for them.
The program began in 1984 and its aim is to inspire children to read every day. The total number of minutes logged by the app alone this year was more than 46 million.
