Massachusetts Children’s Book Award at Freeman Centennial School

Congratulations to 54 Freeman Centennial students in grades 4-6 who read 294 books for the 2010 Massachu­setts

Courtesy Photo Children’s Book Award (MCBA)! For the third year running, Mrs. Lavallee, Free­man Centennial school librar­ian, administered the MCBA program in the school library. The MCBA program was cre­ated at Salem State College and established to keep children in the intermediate grades inter­ested in reading books. The activity is voluntary and above and beyond classroom reading assignments. Students must read or have heard read aloud, at least 5 books from the MCBA book list to be eligible to vote for their favorite book.

A celebratory MCBA break­fast was held in the school li­brary for all student voters. The breakfast was made pos­sible

thanks to donations from Dunkin Donuts of Norfolk, Wrentham and Plainville. Stu­dents

received certificates and entered a raffle for copies of the winning book: Found, by Margaret Peterson Haddix.

The following students are to be commended for partici­pating in MCBA this year: Sonia Deodas, Jack Piller, Connor Mullins, Thomas Gross, Todd Jennings, Nick Ba­kas, Hannah McCarty, Grace Griffin, Maddie Servello, Hallie Potts, Natalie Cali, Hali St. Mar­tin, Kelley Bechet, Blake Mon­jar, Abby McDonough, Drew Urquhart, Conor Sullivan, Cara DiPietro, Connor Dowd, Nick Vounatsos, Kevin Longmoore, Corrine Palumbo, Cameron Mullins, Emma Lopez, Kerry Morgan, Sam Grant, Eleanor Spellman, Shannon Ward, Fio­na Greaves, Kelly Porell, Caitlin Donahue, Caroline Ahearn, Will Linde, Jack Dicenso, Nathan An­drews, Bill Whitney, Ashley Di­censo, Delaney Valente, Taylor Crooks, Emily Cote, Sam Agrico­la, Jose Rowean, Elizabeth Cox, Emma Lavin, Kylie Deasy, Co­lin Greene, Katherine Ferrara, Sam Meau, Connor Zimmer­man, Paul Kelley, Erin Flana­gan, Emma McGrory, Angeli Myatt, Michela Del Mastro.