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<div align="center"><font color="#3333ff" face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">Oregon Battle of the Books</font><br>
<font color="#3333ff"> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Deadline
to register November 15</font></font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#3366FF"><font
color="#000000">Oregon students in grades 3-12 are getting
ready to do battle! Young readers all over the state are
forming reading battalions! They are armed with 16 great books
and their weapon is knowledge.</font><br>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#3366FF">The Oregon Battle of the Books is a
statewide reading motivation and comprehension program sponsored
by the Oregon Association of School Libraries. Students,
regardless of ability, are exposed to quality literature
representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints. The
goals of the program are to encourage and recognize students who
enjoy reading, broaden reading interests, increase reading
comprehension, and promote academic excellence. The program
pairs reading with the spirit of sports competition which
encourages reading among students of all levels. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> The
OBOB registration deadline for participating schools is November
15th. All registration information can be found on the OBOB wiki <a
href="http://oboblsta.pbworks.com"><span style="color:#3366FF"><http://oboblsta.pbworks.com></span></a>
along with 2012-2013 title lists for grade level divisions 3-5,
6-8, and 9-12, a handbook of rules & procedures, and other
related resources.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">To see
if schools in your district/area have already registered for OBOB,
a participant spreadsheet can be found on the front page of the
wiki <a href="http://oboblsta.pbworks.com"><span
style="color:#3366FF"><http://oboblsta.pbworks.com></span></a>
.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Schools
not fully registered by November 15 will be unable to participate
in the regional tournaments in spring 2013.<br>
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Mary McClintock
Library Media Consultant
OBOB Executive Committee
541-680-0998 cell
541-839-4905 home
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