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Timeline

Timeline

Fall:  Get students excited to participate! 

  • All resources can be found in this Battle of the Books webpage. 

  • Recruit and identify a Team Manager for each grade. This team manager could be a classroom teacher, teacher librarian, support teacher (ESL, Literacy, Special Education), community volunteer or a parent. The Team Manager will attend the district event in the Spring with the team and will support students reading the books during the school year. 

  • Register your teams in October. Registration forms will be opened up in October. You do not need to know the exact students. This registration is only to share your intent to send grade level teams to the district battle in the Spring. Please include email addresses of all those who should receive communications from the district.  

  • Recruit a volunteer to help us run the District Event in March. In an effort to run a smooth and efficient competition, we are asking each participating team to recruit at least one volunteer to help out on the day of the District Battle. Volunteers who are not BVSD employees must complete the BVSD volunteer process before working at the district event. 

  • Start reading and reading and reading and reading!!!

Winter:

  • Continue to support the reading and discussion of the books through book clubs, lunch groups, or check ins.

  • Support students to participate in Practice Rounds for fun! BVSD will upload practice round questions into the Battle of the Books Manager Resources page in January.

  • Confirm your volunteer can be available for the District Battle.  Volunteers will be expected to arrive early for a brief training session.

Spring:

  • If you have more than one team for a grade level, or if you have more than 5 students competing for a spot on the grade level team, run School Battles before March 13  to determine who will be competing at the district level. 

    • A BVSD employee should oversee the school battle. 

    • School Team quizzes can be requested in February.

  • Submit the names of your students at each grade level representing your school in the district battle using the District Team Registration Form by March 23. 

  • District competition for grades 3-8 is March 28. High school will compete on a different evening in April.

  • Regional Event: the top three teams from the District competition will move on to the Regional competition, scheduled for April 18, 2026.

Notice:

  • Please check in with your school to find out who is organizing the school competition in March. This information is only for the district competition and schools will coordinate their own event first. The coordinator can be any Staff member or a Volunteer.

  • Volunteers must complete the BVSD volunteer process before working in schools or with students.