Tome Student Literacy Society (Tome Society) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization based in North Georgia. The middle school level (Jr. Tome Society) provides the following student competitions; an annual “It List” of entertaining and encouraging children’s and young adult literature; book club activities; curriculum materials for educators; and an annual conference for both students and educators. All activities promote self-esteem, leadership skills, character ethics, curriculum standards, and nurture critical thinking, creativity, and imagination in the digital age. All of these competitions support the standards being taught in our classes and serve to strengthen the skills our students need in order to be successful in the future. All activities promote self-esteem, leadership skills, character ethics, and nurture critical thinking, creativity, and imagination in the digital age. You can go online to tomesociety.org for more information on each individual competition.
Students who want to join the Jr. Tome Society are expected to commit to reading at least 5 of the 10 “It List” books during the school year. Students are also required to enter a minimum of 2 competitions of their choice with 1 being a fall submission and 1 being a spring submission. You are welcome to do more, but this is the required minimum.
Jr. Tome Society Reading Bowl Competition
The Jr. Tome Society Reading Bowl Team is comprised of 15 members. These 15 students are required to read all 10 of the “It List” books and develop questions on the books that will be used for our practice sessions. For this team you need to be a strong, fast reader in order to finish all 10 books no later than January 8th. The Media Center doesn’t have 15 copies of each book, so books have to be read quickly and questions written immediately so that they can be passed to other team members. Team members participate in 3 online tests before the final round. After the 3rd test, the 4 teams with the highest average score will compete face to face at Tomecon in the spring.
