sun and news 4-3-2021

The Sun and News, Saturday, April 3, 2021/ Page 3

Final Four announced in Lee Elementary March Book Madness

Students at Lee
Elementary School let out
cheers as they learned who’s
in the Final Four – not teams
in the college basketball
competition, instead books in
the Lee March Book
Madness contest.
Similar to the National
Collegiate Athletic
Association basketball
tournament, the March Book
Madness contest at the
second- and third-grade
school pits 16 books in one-
on-one contests with students

voting for their favorites to

advance until the favorite

book is crowned.

The Final Four titles are

“All the Way to the Top,”

“Your Place in the Universe,”

“Pacho Nacho,” and

“Soaked.” Students voted

Tuesday for the final two

books.

A $251 grant from the

Thornapple Area Enrichment

Foundation, an affiliate of

the Barry Community

Foundation, and support

from the Lee Parent-Teacher

Organization provided books

for this year’s contest.

Second-grader Hazel

Hansson said she loves

March Book Madness. “I

like reading, and this makes

it even more fun,” she said.

Hazel’s classmate Carter

Robinson agreed. “I get to

read different books,” he

said.

Lee Elementary teacher

Stephanie Woods said it’s

been exciting to see how

much interest the students

have in the books and

encouraging others to vote

for their favorites. She said

it’s also been a great way to

encourage reading and create

excitement about reading

and discovering new books.

In-person and virtual students

are taking part in this

schoolwide contest.

Second-grader Savanah

Scott said she wasn’t sure if

she would like the book “All

the Way to the Top.”

“I thought it would be

kind of boring, but after

reading it, I found it was

really good and I liked it,”

she said.

Since January, teachers

and Lee Librarian Becky

Branch have been reading

and discussing the books

with students. Voting began

March 11 to reduce the books

from the Sweet 16 to the

Elite Eight and now the Final

Four.

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Caledonia High

School announces

MYLead nominees

Caledonia High School,
the Caledonia Women’s Club,
Highpoint Community Bank
and Hulst Jepsen Physical
Therapy, have joined togeth-
er to provide four peer-nomi-
nated sophomores the oppor-
tunity to represent CHS at
Michigan’s Youth Leadership
Conference.
This year’s recipients are
Macey Douma, Emersyn
Geik, Allison Weibel and
Caden Vanderberg. They will
join students from across the
state in a three-day virtual
summit this spring, learning
tools and building confidence
that will help them return as

stronger leaders in the com-

munity.

CHS 2020 nominees –

Sydney Coulter, Taylor

Elsenbroek, Grace Heffner

and Colin Pearson –also have

been invited to attend, due to

the COVID restrictions that

were in place last year.

“We are grateful for the

support of these partners and

look forward to the impact

these students will make on

our community through their

leadership and service,”

Stephanie Pearson, student

services assistant for CHS

Student Services, said in a

press release.

Caledonia High School’s 2021 Michigan Youth Leadership nominees are (from left) Caden Vanderberg, Allison

Weibel, Macey Douma and Emersyn Geik. (Photo provided)

Lee students show the Final Four books. Pictured from left are Hazel Hansson,
Savanah Scott, Case Tolan and Mason Church.