Texas Bluebonnet Award Announcement at Texas Book Festival

Sixteen poised, enthusiastic Forest North readers took to the Texas Book Festival stage yesterday and helped announce the 2015-2016 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List.  This announcement is an annual highlight of the Texas Book Festival. These students read annotations and showed the books proudly, representing our school, district and state well. Congratulations to Ceil Raia (3rd), Sean Lee (3rd), Aiden Allgood (3rd), Lola Mutz (3rd), Luke Contreras (3rd), Savannah Ivey (3rd), Talia Simpkins (3rd), Da'quan Martin (4th), Bianca Sanchez (4th), Lilian Quach (4th), Hondo Sanchez (4th), Sebastian Guerra (5th), Abiha Zulfiqar (5th), Cecilio Sanchez (5th), Christopher McKinney (5th), and Mercedes Salazar (5th).  I was so proud of them!  Special shout out to Mrs. Shetty & Ms. Lynch who were there to support our students and cheer them on with me.  Check out this video for more information about next year's nominees and our students' memorable performances.

Texas Book Festival on Saturday, 10/25!

It's my favorite time of year - the Texas Book Festival!  This special annual festival celebrates reading & books, and has tons of fun, free, family-friendly entertainment. This year is especially great because for the first time, STUDENTS are presenting the next year's Texas Bluebonnet Award nominees.  We are especially lucky this year because 16 lucky Forest North students will be part of this amazing announcement, coached by Ms. Lynch, 3rd grade teacher, and myself.  Come see us at 1:00 on Saturday to watch them present next year's list to an eagerly awaiting crowd of authors, teachers, librarians, and readers from across the country.  Our amazing, adorable, talented, well-read 16 student presenters are:

Ceil Raia (3rd)

Sean Lee (3rd)

Aiden Allgood (3rd)
Lola Mutz (3rd)
Luke Contreras (3rd)

Savannah Ivey (3rd)

Talia Simpkins (3rd)

Da'quan Martin (4th)

Bianca Sanchez (4th)

Lilian Quach (4th)

Hondo Sanchez (4th)

Sebastian Guerra (5th)

Abiha Zulfiqar (5th)

Cecilio Sanchez (5th)

Christopher McKinney (5th)
Mercedes Salazar (5th)