April 26 District Competition Schedules
We are very excited to announce the details of the 2025 Battle of the Books. Details may have changed since last year so please be sure to read this completely and mark your calendars. We ask for your help ensuring safety and the care of our school property while we borrow it for our event.
- Students will participate in the upstairs rooms.
- Families may stay in the cafeteria or playground during the entire event.
- Small children must be supervised.
- Please no standing on furniture or hand railing.
- Carpooling is encouraged. There are MANY participants. Parking on the street may be needed. Give yourself plenty of time to arrive.
- Bring a water bottle if desired (Please no food or drinks other than water bottles).
Find your grade's details below
3rd Grade 9:00-11:00
When: Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 9:00-11:00am
Where: Meadowlark School
2300 Meadow Sweet Lane
Erie, CO
Get Directions | Park in the lot on the south side of the building
This is the anticipated schedule, please be flexible as it may go longer or end earlier, depending on the competition circumstances.
● 9:00 - 9:15 - Students Check in at door 7, on the south side of the building
● 9:15 - 9:20 - Intro/Instructions
● 9:20 - 10:20 - Battle Questions
● 10:20 - 10:30 - Move to cafeteria
● 10:30 - 11:00 - Awards (Awards may be later if there are ties.)
Devices:
● Team Managers please be sure to bring a charged Laptop or Chromebook
including power cord with you.
● It does not matter if you use a student, teacher or non BVSD computer.
● The quiz will not be based on BVSD IDs nor need access to email.
Check In:
● Team Manager - grab your folder at the check in desk when you arrive.
● Please wait until the entire team is in attendance before heading to your Battle Station.
● Everyone should be facing the screen in the room.
Battle Time:
● 3-5 Teams will be assigned a room together.
● The team's primary device can be turned on and logged into.
● A presentation will be provided in each BATTLE ROOM.
● Questions will be provided via Google Quiz.
● Teams will be provided a tiny URL during the presentation to type into your browser to bring up the quiz.
● The announcer will read aloud the questions and teams will follow along on their computer.
● Teams will have 30 seconds to answer each question.
● A timer will appear on the screen.
● There are 40 questions total.
● To ensure there are no user errors, students will work together to choose answers to the questions and the student captain will enter the choices into the google quiz.
● Each question will list all the book options.
● You will also have a list of books in your folder you can put out on your table to use.
● All questions will be answered with no assistance from books, visual aids, notes or team manager.
Tie Breakers:
● Everyone will wait at their Battle Stations until the scores are tallied.
● If there is a tie, tied teams will stay and do another google quiz.
● The rest of the teams will exit to the cafeteria and wait.
● If there are no ties, everyone will exit to the cafeteria and we will continue on to the awards right away.
Awards & Certificates:
● All students participating in the district Battle will receive a participation certificate.
● 1st - 3rd place team members will receive medals and books.
● 1st place winners will get to keep our traveling trophies on display for the school year.
4th Grade 11:30-1:30
When: Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 11:30am-1:30pm
Where: Meadowlark School
2300 Meadow Sweet Lane
Erie, CO
Get Directions | Park in the lot on the south side of the building
This is the anticipated schedule, please be flexible as it may go longer or end earlier, depending on the competition circumstances.
● 11:30 - 11:45 - Students Check in at door #7, on the south side of the building
● 11:45 - 11:50 - Intro/Instructions
● 11:50 - 12:50 - Battle Questions
● 12:50 - 1:00 - Move to Cafeteria
● 1:00 - 1:30 - Awards (Awards may happen later if there are ties).
Devices:
● Team Managers please be sure to bring a charged Laptop or Chromebook
including power cord with you.
● It does not matter if you use a student, teacher or non BVSD computer.
● The quiz will not be based on BVSD IDs nor need access to email.
Check In:
● Team Manager - grab your folder at the check in desk when you arrive.
● Please wait until the entire team is in attendance before heading to your Battle Station.
● Everyone should be facing the screen in the room.
Battle Time:
● 3-5 Teams will be assigned a room together.
● The team's primary device can be turned on and logged into.
● A presentation will be provided in each BATTLE ROOM.
● Questions will be provided via Google Quiz.
● Teams will be provided a tiny URL during the presentation to type into your browser to bring up the quiz.
● The announcer will read aloud the questions and teams will follow along on their computer.
● Teams will have 30 seconds to answer each question.
● A timer will appear on the screen.
● There are 40 questions total.
● To ensure there are no user errors, students will work together to choose answers to the questions and the student captain will enter the choices into the google quiz.
● Each question will list all the book options.
● You will also have a list of books in your folder you can put out on your table to use.
● All questions will be answered with no assistance from books, visual aids, notes or team manager.
Tie Breakers:
● Everyone will wait at their Battle Stations until the scores are tallied.
● If there is a tie, tied teams will stay and do another google quiz.
● The rest of the teams will exit to the cafeteria and wait.
● If there are no ties, everyone will exit to the cafeteria and we will continue on to the awards right away.
Awards & Certificates:
● All students participating in the district Battle will receive a participation certificate.
● 1st - 3rd place team members will receive medals and books.
● 1st place winners will get to keep our traveling trophies on display for the school year.
5th Grade 2:00-4:00
When: Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 2:00-4:00pm
Where: Meadowlark School
2300 Meadow Sweet Lane
Erie, CO
Get Directions | Park in the lot on the south side of the building
This is the anticipated schedule, please be flexible as it may go longer or end earlier, depending on the competition circumstances.
● 2:00 - 2:15 - Students Check in and go to rooms
● 2:15 - 2:20 - Intro/Instructions
● 2:20 - 3:20 - Battle Questions
● 3:20 - 3:30 - Move to Cafeteria
● 3:30 - 4:00 - Awards (Awards may run later if there ties.)
Devices:
● Team Managers please be sure to bring a charged Laptop or Chromebook
including power cord with you.
● It does not matter if you use a student, teacher or non BVSD computer.
● The quiz will not be based on BVSD IDs nor need access to email.
Check In:
● Team Manager - grab your folder at the check in desk when you arrive.
● Please wait until the entire team is in attendance before heading to your Battle Station.
● Everyone should be facing the screen in the room.
Battle Time:
● 3-5 Teams will be assigned a room together.
● The team's primary device can be turned on and logged into.
● A presentation will be provided in each BATTLE ROOM.
● Questions will be provided via Google Quiz.
● Teams will be provided a tiny URL during the presentation to type into your browser to bring up the quiz.
● The announcer will read aloud the questions and teams will follow along on their computer.
● Teams will have 30 seconds to answer each question.
● A timer will appear on the screen.
● There are 40 questions total.
● To ensure there are no user errors, students will work together to choose answers to the questions and the student captain will enter the choices into the google quiz.
● Each question will list all the book options.
● You will also have a list of books in your folder you can put out on your table to use.
● All questions will be answered with no assistance from books, visual aids, notes or team manager.
Tie Breakers:
● Everyone will wait at their Battle Stations until the scores are tallied.
● If there is a tie, tied teams will stay and do another google quiz.
● The rest of the teams will exit to the cafeteria and wait.
● If there are no ties, everyone will exit to the cafeteria and we will continue on to the awards right away.
Awards & Certificates:
● All students participating in the district Battle will receive a participation certificate.
● 1st - 3rd place team members will receive medals and books.
● 1st place winners will get to keep our traveling trophies on display for the school year.
Middle School 4:30-6:30
When: Saturday, April 26, 2024 at 4:30-6:30pm
Where: Meadowlark School
2300 Meadow Sweet Lane
Erie, CO
Get Directions | Park in the lot on the south side of the building
This is the anticipated schedule, please be flexible as it may go longer or end earlier, depending on the competition circumstances.
● 4:30 - 4:45 - Students Check in at door 7, on the south side of the building
● 4:45 - 4:50 - Intro/Instructions
● 4:50- 5:50 - Battle Questions
● 5:50 - 6:00 - Move to cafeteria
● 6:00 - 6:30 - Awards (Awards may be later if there are ties.)
Devices:
● Team Managers please be sure to bring a charged Laptop or Chromebook including power cord with you.
● It does not matter if you use a student, teacher or non BVSD computer.
● The quiz will not be based on BVSD IDs nor need access to email.
Check In:
● Team Manager - grab your folder at the check in desk when you arrive.
● Please wait until the entire team is in attendance before heading to your Battle Station.
● Once you arrive at your room, the team may choose their table and unstack the chairs.
● Everyone should be able to see the presentation screen in the room.
What does a battle look like:
● Three to five Teams will be assigned a room together.
● The team's primary device can be turned on and logged into.
● A presentation will be provided in each BATTLE ROOM.
● Questions will be provided via Google Quiz.
● Teams will be provided a tiny URL during the presentation to type into your browser to bring up the quiz.
● The announcer will read aloud the questions and teams will follow along on their computer.
● Teams will have 30 seconds to answer each question.
● A timer will appear on the screen.
● There are 40 questions total.
● To ensure there are no user errors, students will work together to choose answers to the questions and the student captain will enter the choices into the google quiz.
● Each question will list all the book options.
● You will also have a list of books in your folder you can put out on your table to use.
● All questions will be answered with no assistance from books, visual aids, notes or team manager.
Tie Breakers:
● Everyone will wait at their Battle Stations until the scores are tallied.
● If there is a tie, tied teams will stay and do another google quiz.
● The rest of the teams will exit to the cafeteria and wait.
● If there are no ties, everyone will exit to the cafeteria and we will continue on to the awards right away.
Awards & Certificates:
● All students participating in the district Battle will receive a participation certificate.
● 1st - 3rd place team members will receive medals and books.
● 1st place winners will get to keep our traveling trophies on display for the school year.
High School
When: Thursday, April 24th 2024 at 4:00-7:00 pm
Where: Fairview High School | Get Directions
1515 Greenbriar Blvd, Boulder, CO 80305
This is the anticipated schedule, please be flexible as it may go longer or end earlier depending on the competition circumstances.
● Students Check in at the Fariview library
● Intro/Instructions
● Battle Questions
● Tie Intro/Instructions (if needed)
● Tie Breaker Battle Questions (if needed)
● Awards
● Clean Up
Event Structure
● Each team will sit at a desk together
● Team Managers can sit in the audience
● Each team will bring with them a computer (either team manager or student computer can be used). You can bring in a back up computer as well just in case.
● CHARGE YOUR COMPUTER THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EVENT.
● Questions will be provided via Google Quiz.
● Their assigned team captain will answer the questions to the quiz on their computer
● The announcer will provide a tiny URL during instructions during the presentation.
● The announcer will read aloud the questions and teams will follow along on their computer.
● Teams will have 30 seconds to answer each question. There are 40 questions total.
● Teams will work together to choose answers to the questions and the team captain will enter the choices into the google quiz.
● Each question will list all the book options.
● All questions will be answered with no assistance from books, notes or team manager.