winners

The Camillus Middle School Battle of the Books Final Four competition was held on Thursday, April 4.

Students in grades 7 and 8 read eight books over the course of several months. Twelve initial teams competed in two rounds of competition with four teams advancing to the final round. The final four teams were the Five Forts, Oogala Boogalas, Sommer School Scholars and Mockingjays.

After an intense battle, the Mockingjays emerged as the Champions! They have now advanced to the O2CM BOCES Regional Battle where they will compete against 17 other middle school teams in the four county region. Congratulations to all of this year's participants on a great year.

Team members are as follows:

  • Mockingjays (1st place winners): Callie Smith, Azdha Mundath, Addison Davis, Lillian Madden (pictured above with their

    Coach Jen Vinci, CMS grade 7 math teacher)

  • Sommer School Scholars (Runners up): Peyton Sabene, Sofia

    Pizzaro

    , Caliope O'Rourke, Safa Islam

  • Oogala Boogalas (3rd place): Alexander Hann, Ryan Noce, Kieran Hayden, Joseph Hennessy

  • Five Forts (4th place): Nolan Shanahan, Tyler Light, Jenavieve Mushynsky, Keene Goff