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The winner of the 2024 Hillsborough Elementary School Tournament of Books is The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roeder. "We just love that little guy!" proclaimed one second grader. Thanks to everyone for another wonderful tournament! @nessadeeart @HESSPLASH

We have our Championship titles! Who would have predicted we would end with turtle vs turtle ??😀 @HESSPLASH

Voting on our Fabulous Four titles today! Which two books will be in our Championship tomorrow?@HESSPLASH

Our Excellent Eight books have been selected! Some difficult decisions ahead as we move through the bracket! @HESSPLASH

The votes are coming in and there are some very close match-ups! We have one more week to vote on our Super Sixteen titles. Keep on reading! @HESSplash

We have kicked off our annual HES Tournament of Books! Our students are reading, discussing, debating, and voting on their favorite titles. Which ones will move on to the next round in our bracket? @HESSPLASH

We had a blast at our LEGO Brick Building Blitz to support Habitat for Humanity of Orange County!! @orangehabitat @HESSPLASH

The Storybook Pumpkin Patch opened today! Check out all these amazing pumpkins decorated to look like our favorite book characters. They will be on display all week, so stop by and see this showcase of creativity! @HESSPLASH

Love when my fourth grade Media Assistant jumps in and proceeds to read to a second grade class with such joy and enthusiasm! @HESSPLASH

@HESSPLASH Oh, and @troycummings - this is two years in a row they have chosen your books! What's next?

The winner of the 2023 HES Tournament of Books is I Found a Kitty! by Troy Cummings. Our sweet students just fell in love with this story. Thanks to everyone for another great tournament! @HESSPLASH

Our Fabulous Four! @HESSPLASH

Our Excellent Eight titles have been determined with new match-ups formed. The votes are flying in today and the Fabulous Four will be revealed tomorrow. We are all so excited!! @HESSPLASH

We are so excited to share the 2023 HES Tournament of Books titles! Reading and voting has begun with some close match-ups already emerging. Which book will be our favorite this year? @HESSPLASH

Spreading some love this month by sharing these wonderful stories! Our Dolphins are inspired to perform good deeds and acts of kindness! @HESSPLASH

Thanks to everyone who shared a Storybook Pumpkin with us this year. We were amazed by our students' creativity and have enjoyed guessing these book characters. Pumpkins can be picked up any day after school this week. @HESSPLASH

Our Student Ambassadors are excited to be helping out with our school tour on November 2nd at 8:30am! Hope you can join us! @HESSPLASH

We love the creative pumpkins that have joined our 8th Annual Storybook Pumpkin Patch this year! Do you recognize these book characters? @HESSPLASH

Come join our pod!

A huge thank you to our Student Ambassadors for their leadership and all their help this year. I love that we got to enjoy one last sweet treat together yesterday - so much fun! @HESSPLASH