“Reading makes us all winners.” So said Denny International Middle School principal Jeff Clark as he shared the results of his school’s annual Global Reading Challenge finals vs. Aki Kurose Middle School. As explained in our morning preview on Wednesday, since the Seattle Public Library’s citywide GRC is limited to elementary schools, the two middle schools decided a few years ago to launch their own. Two teams from each school reached the finals; each team read 10 books and answered quiz questions in competition format. The results: “The Denny Dolphins had won the 6th grade trophy! The Aki Peace Cranes won the 7th grade prize! Congratulations to all of our teams from both schools — we are proud of you!”

Principal Clark adds: “Thank you very much to the literacy teachers of both schools, Ms. Nestor, Ms. Clark, Mr. Treistman, Ms. Williams, and Mr. Reeve for all of the help and support that went into making this event such a success!”