Bluebonnet Program Starting Soon!

Thanks to Mrs. Houston at Union Hill Elementary for making this amazing page to check out this year's Bluebonnet nominees!

Texas Bluebonnet Award update

Check out the latest Texas Bluebonnet Award qualified voter! We've already read 1,159 books so far, and have 124 kids coming to the voting party on 1/26!

RRISD Battle of the Bluebonnets at Dell Diamond

The Forest North Eagles had a great showing at the RRISD Battle of the Bluebonnets. We got 34 of 40 questions right, which earned us a tie for 8th place. Congratulations & thanks to Gabriel, Owen, Dylan, and Sean for all their hard work, and to our alternate, Kanishk, who tirelessly prepared just in case, and helped us study! Thanks to the Dell Diamond for sponsoring this event, giving us ticket to a game in April, and to Bryan Mays of KVUE to emceeing the event again! Check out this video KVUE did covering the event.
Congratulations to Caraway for winning for the 3rd straight year, and to Blackland Prairie who got all 40 questions and a handful of tiebreakers correct. I can't believe the memories of these kids! They are truly astounding. 

After spring break, Gabriel & some other 4th graders and I will start a weekly book club to get a head start on next year's titles. Here we go again! Can't wait to start fresh with this amazing program! Thank you to the Texas Library Association & Texas Bluebonnet Award for all of their tireless efforts.

Nathan Hale Visiting March 6th

Our deadline to order books has passed, but I will have a few extra copies on hand- first come, first served. Bring cash/check with this order form. We can't wait to see Nathan Hale on March 6th!

Texas Bluebonnet Award 2017 Voting Party

It is a unique privilege in my life to observe our students as they discover their love of reading. Our amazing students read 1,716 Texas Bluebonnet Award nominated books - that's an average of 11 books per student! 

Thank you so much to everyone who helped support our students in this endeavor, from spending your lunch reading a book to student/s, braving the chocolate fountain and/or the party in general, touching base with students, celebrating their successes, and bottom-line, making sure every student who wants to succeed does! For many students, this is one of their first experiences setting and meeting long-term goals, and modeling this process is so helpful to them! The students were so excited and proud to be there Friday. 

Our marvelous 5th grade classes were wonderful role models for the younger grades, and they were truly safe, respectful and responsible. Props also to 3rd & 4th grade teams for making sure every single one of their students qualified for the party- even ones who started after winter break!

I'm so proud to be a Forest North Eagle, and so lucky to have all of you support our students.

Sat Next to Nathan Hale @Texas Bluebonnet Award Luncheon

I also attended the Texas Bluebonnet Award luncheon and was so excited to find out that I was seated next to Nathan Hale, author of Hazardous Tales series.  It was super fun to sit next to him and listen to Laban Carrick Hill & Theodore Taylor, the award winning author and illustrator, respectively, of When the Beat Was Born, Texas Bluebonnet award winner.  Nathan and I talked about how we can get him to visit Forest North next year and talk to our 3rd-5th graders!

Forest North Places 5th at Battle of the Bluebonnets

Way to go, Elizabeth, Zachary, Ceil, Michael & Neeharika!  You got 35 out of 40 questions right.  That earned us 5th place among 31 schools- wow!  You guys did great.  Thanks for all your hard work.

Special thanks to the Round Rock Express for so graciously hosting us at their amazing facility, for their cool t-shirts that match the logo they made us (top left of the top photo!) and special thanks also to Bryan Mays at KVUE for emceeing the competition again and doing such a great job. He gave us a shout out on the morning news too, which is always exciting. Congratulations to the Caraway Owls for being the first team to ever win two years in a row. I'm so impressed!

4th graders will be starting a Head Start Bluebonnet Book Club this week during lunch so we can get started on next year.

RRISD Battle of the Bluebonnets Tomorrow at Dell Diamond

We've been studying nonstop and are almost ready for the RRISD Battle of the Bluebonnets tomorrow at the United Heritage Center at the Dell Diamond. We can't wait for Brian Mays, our KVUE morning news anchor and Battle Emcee, to announce what place we earned! We've been using visualization, re-reading, mnemonic devices, teamwork, divide and conquer strategies, compromise, and old fashioned rote memorization to help us along our journey. I heard a rumor last night that the Round Rock Express team is giving prize packs to the top three teams who finish in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.  We're hoping to bring the Battle of the Bluebonnets trophy back to Forest North- we won back in 2013. Fingers crossed and best of luck, readers. You are very well-prepared and will represent Forest North well at the Battle tomorrow!

Forest North Battle of the Bluebonnets 2016

Congratulations to our awesome 13 finalists who participated in the Battle of the Bluebonnets on February 18th!  5th of them (Elizabeth, Michael, Ceil, Zachary and Neeha, and Aiden as our alternate) will be representing Forest North at the RRISD Battle of the Bluebonnets on 3/10 at the Dell Diamond.  Way to go, readers!

Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner Announced

3rd-5th grades were invited to the library this morning to witness the announcement of the Texas Bluebonnet Award. At Forest North, our top books were The Misadventures of Salem Hyde (36 votes), Sky Jumpers (26 votes), and Mountain Dog (14 votes). Across the state, we see a very different picture, with When the Beat Was Born taking the top prize!

Congratulations to the winning book, and thanks so much for your participation this year in our program- see you at the Battle on Thursday afternoon!

Texas Bluebonnet Award Update

The Texas Bluebonnet Award program goes on at Forest North for about 20 weeks each fall semester.  Right now, we are on week 9.  Many students are working hard on reading books and getting ready for our Bluebonnet party on 1/29/16! We already have 94 voters, and 63 people that have qualified for the Bluebonnet Party!  We also have 13 people who have already qualified for the VIP Bluebonnet Breakfast.  I can't wait to see who will be the first person to qualify for the Battle of the Bluebonnets, and to see which book wins at Forest North!

Need more information about the Texas Bluebonnet Award program at Forest North?  Check out the document below for more information!