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. Then to the surprise and excitement of the third graders and Mrs. Nicole, the students won First Place on the state level in the Louisiana champion big 3 conference 2023 READBowl with a whopping 172,379 minutes of total reading time! “Mrs. Nicole’s Ragin’ Cajun Readers” competed with over 200 third grade teams in Louisiana! Congratulations to the 34 third graders at Seventh Ward Elementary! Mrs. Nicole is So Proud Of You! Keep Reading!