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// by Nadine Rosevear, middle school librarian //  On Friday morning, January 14, ten middle school readers, accompanied by their librarian, Nadine Rosevear and chaperone, Cindy Bulteel made their way over to Western Academy of Beijing to participate in the annual KIDS READ China Finals. Once again, ISB middle school did a fantastic job and retains the title of KIDS READ Champions. Thanks to our avid readers and brilliant students this will be the sixth consecutive year that our school has won the reading competition. Our two teams of five students were very well matched and kept neck and neck until the last round when team 1 managed to get ahead with 3 points. As a result, team 1 took first place, team 2 won second place, and WAB team 1 came in third place. Our middle school students were very well prepared for this event, first by participating in the weekly KIDS READ sessions in the library since the start of the school year, and by collaborating in a wiki, posting possible book titles and authors and helping each other getting prepped for the event. This year, four schools took part in the event: International School Sino Canada from Shenzhen ( ISNS), International School of Tianjing (IST), Western Academy of Beijing (WAB), and International School of Beijing. At ISB, the China Finals means the closing of KIDS READ for this school year. This popular activity will start up again in the new school year of 2011-2012. All middle school students, whether they are accomplished readers or have only just discovered the pleasures and benefits of reading, are cordially invited to participate. ISB aims to maintain the tradition of not only winning KIDS READ, but also of expanding students' knowledge and understanding of the world around them by reading a wide selection of books.  
 * KIDS READ VICTORY FOR ISB **