Author Archives: Tina Launey

A huge congratulations goes out to the Birney Elementary Ruffin Reading Bowl Team for taking first place at the state competition in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, March 9, 2013! Campbell Middle School also took second place in the state competition. … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce the winners of the seventh annual CCSD Ruffin Reading Bowl, which took place Saturday, January 19, 2013, at McEachern High School. At the elementary level, Birney won first place and Hayes won second place; Campbell … Continue reading →

We have made some important changes to the procedures for registering your Reading Bowl team, as well as the actual competition itself. New this year, we are asking that all team coaches attend a mandatory coaches meeting prior to registering … Continue reading →

Helen Ruffin was the media specialist at Skyhaven Elementary School in DeKalb County until her retirement in 1992. To encourage her students to read, she created a competition game based on the Georgia Children’s Book Award nominees. The idea took … Continue reading →