[Nfbv-announce] Nationwide BRAL 2018-2019

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Please see the below message regarding the Braille Leaders are Readers contest.   Congratulations to all of our participants and winners!






>From December 1 until January 19, K-12 students across the country were


busy reading and counting up their pages for the Nationwide Braille Readers


Are Leaders contest (Nationwide BRAL), sponsored by the American Action Fund


for Blind Children and Adults and the NFB Jernigan Institute in partnership


with the NFB of Illinois. 


Twenty-six states signed up to participate in this year's competition, and


74 students from seventeen states submitted reading logs. Students are


awarded prizes based on the number of Braille pages they read during the


reading period, certified by a parent/guardian or teacher.




This year Virginia led in participation, with twenty-six students taking


part. The Virginia School for the Blind (VSB) took an active role in


encouraging students to get involved.




The top reader in this year's competition is Holly Connor, an eighth grader


from Clayton, Missouri. Holly read a whopping 4,001 Braille pages!




The first-place winners in each grade category will receive a check for $25.


Second-place winners receive $15, and third-place winners and honorable


mentions receive $10. Each participating student will receive a packet of


Braille-related gifts.




Below is a list of the 2018-2019 Nationwide BRAL winners.






NATIONWIDE BRAL WINNERS, 2018-2019




Grades K-1




First Place: Victor Turner, Romeoville, IL, 419 pages Second place: Cole


Fish, Vancouver, WA, 132 pages Third Place: Rebecca Butler, Boaz, AL, 118


pages Honorable Mention: Christian Lopez, Mesa, AZ, 114 pages




Grades 2-3




First Place: Aisha Safi, Chevy Chase, MD, 1995 pages Second Place: Preston


Rose, Egan, MN, 1479 pages Third Place: Zanyiah Bell, Bowie, MD, 1099 pages


Honorable Mention: Clara Scelsi, Pell City, AL, 1020 pages




Grades 4-5




First Place: Noa Hottin, Alexandria, VA, 2503 pages Second Place: Milo


Sherman, Brooklyn, NY, 734 pages Third Place: Jonah Rao, Columbia, MD, 721


pages Honorable Mention: Isaiah Rao, Columbia, MD, 690 pages




Grades 6-8




First Place: Holly Connor, Clayton, MO, 4001 pages Second Place: Priya


Guvernator, Onnancock, VA, 3926 pages Third Place: Nicholas Tarver, Many,


LA, 1300 pages




Grades 9-12




First Place: Samuel Thurston, Chesapeake, VA, 1657 pages Second Place: Josh


Greer, Medical Lake, WA, 949 pages Third Place: Aaliyah McKethan, Galloway,


NJ, 757 pages




MOST IMPROVED READER




This award is given to a student who has shown exceptional improvement in


reading since the previous contest. This year's most improved reader is


Mercy Rao, grade 6, Columbia, MD.




KELLY DOTY AWARDS




The Kelly Doty Awards are presented in memory of Kelly Doty, a longtime


member of the NFB of Illinois who was a dedicated promoter of Braille


literacy. These awards are given to students who have coped with extra


challenges in order to become proficient Braille readers. Such challenges


include, but are not limited to, having disabilities in addition to


blindness or being an English language learner. Here is the list of the


students who received this year's Kelly Doty Awards.




Katra Abdi, grade 3, St. Cloud, MN


Sadie Ainsworth, grade 3, Parker, CO


Noa Hottin, grade 4, Alexandria, VA


Benjamin Shambarger, grade 9, Lisbon Falls, ME Samuel Thurston, grade 9,


Chesapeake, VA Victor Turner, grade 1, Romeoville, IL Kollin Uttech, grade


12, Watertown, WI




Congratulations to all of these winners, and to the families and teachers


who encourage and support them in their reading. Braille readers are


leaders!










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