The Booker Bear Reading Challenge asks first-grade students in Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley to read 10 books in a month. Those who complete the challenge are treated to a pizza party at Bettendorf Library, where they are recognized and presented with a Booker Bear stuffed animal and a certificate of achievement. Pleasant Valley students celebrated on March 2. The challenge is sponsored by Ascentra Credit Union and supported by the Bettendorf Library Foundation.
Booker Bear Challenge - Pleasant Valley
Bridgeview Elementary 1
Bridgeview Elementary
Teacher: Abbey Graffagna
Front row, from left: Fiona Monks, Annaleigh Kenderdine, Alex Friemel, Anthony Macarion. Middle row, from left: Asher DeLaRosa, Nickolas Kleiss, Eli Anderson, Rose Deines. Back row, from left: Jackson Mausser, Caiden James, Benjamin Rose, Jamie Swank, Colton Kirkpatrick
Bridgeview Elementary 2
Bridgeview Elementary
Teacher: Jenna Zinnel
Front row, from left: Adam Setchell, Carson Perry, Bryce Stalkfleet, Colin Hiat. Middle row, from left: Nolan Hilliard, Abigail Keener, Carter Kiefer, Sofia Malin, Peyton Marais. Back row, from left: Jett Baumbach, Reina Burds, Haley Carstens, Gavin Graves
Cody Elementary 1
Cody Elementary
Teacher: Nicole Guldenstein
Front row, from left: Gabbie Huizenga, Zeke Swanson, Will Kane, Radhika Joglekar. Back row, from left: Leola Cotton, CJ Cherney, Harper Duncan, Cota Holst, Sophie Sherrick
Cody Elementary 2
Cody Elementary
Teacher: Mrs. Robyn Waldron
Front row, from left:Tyler Elliott, Lilly Goad, Caitlyn Goad, Ethan Coffman. Middle row, from left: Maddie Brinkmeyer, Max Fah, Olivia Thistlethwaite, Aaron Thompson. Back row, from left: Musa Elshatory, John Thorpe Jr., Payton Whitworth, Emma Pendleton
Cody Elementary 3
Teacher: Tara Stoflet
Front row, from left: Gretchen Winslow, Rylee Eckstein, Brody Berry, Jameson Forbes. Back row, from left: Kira Beitzel, Hannah Hochgesang, Henry Hanson, Skyler Summersell
Hopewell Elementary 1
Hopewell Elementary
Teacher: Carrie Kuesel
Front row, from left: Sahasra Senthil Kumar, Amelia Yaeger, Ashlyn Burt. Middle row, from left: Haven O’Brien, Noel Antony, Jack Friebel, Harrison Richards. Back row, from left: Isla Hatz, Zachary Goebel, Easton Moran, Gia Mallapur, Matthew Onelangsy
Hopewell Elementary 2
Hopewell Elementary
Teacher: Jane Schiffler
Front row, from left: Flynn Reynolds, Sophia Senasu, Keira Kane, Justin Pineda, Hannah Bott. Middle row, from left: Aneesh Gandra, Michael Dees, Anant Bhugra, Tyler Caulkins, Cooper Funderburk. Back row, from left: Alice Worlton, Sarah Peters, Emma Pierce, Teagan Murray, Chethana Malapati
Hopewell Elementary 3
Hopewell Elementary
Hopewell: Tess Dwyer
Front row, from left: Joya McLean, Brooke Petersen, Olivia Scardino, Norah Valleroy, Vivek Vasishta. Back row, from left: Tyler Cappaert, Kaitlyn Collier, Keegan Farrell, Henry Holst, Charles Koury.
Hopewell Elementary 4
Hopewell Elementary
Teacher: Mrs. Ashley Hebbeln
Front row, from left: Emerson Stoflet, Hayley Rennert, Ashley Sanchez, Varun Satti, Isaiah Schinke, Yuvi Singh. Back row, from left: Gabrielle Bries, Ila Curl, Ese Egbase, Melisa Ersan, Quinn Johnson, Olivia LeGare
Pleasant View Elementary 1
Pleasant View Elementary
Teacher: Beth Runkle
Front row, from left: Grace Lesh, Rayan Ahmed, Elizabeth DeTombe, Marina Dominguez-Mendoza. Middle row, from left: Adde Youngbauer, Lucas Rodgers, Jackson Spangler, Ella Ormsby, Caleb Gilroy. Back row, from left: Sean Melloy, Max Flores, Natalia Strothkamp, Gus Meyer, Quinn Ramteke
Pleasant View Elementary 2
Pleasant View Elementary
Teacher: Mrs. Welling
Front row, from left: Dylan Rieger, Scarlett Swardson, Sasha Beauchamp, Griffin Fossey. Back row, from left: Ella Reed, Isaiah Harris, Emmett Steining, Kolsyn Green, Manuel Mercado
Pleasant View Elementary 3
Pleasant View Elementary
Teacher: Natalie Hentze
Front row, from left: Chase Dodson, Kaden Wilson, Gavin Barsness. Middle row, from left: Leo Eline, Parker Duitsman, Cole Everhart, Dylan Niers, Sully Gotto. Back row, from left: Matthew Clark, Will Gagnon, Ellie Durick, Brooklyn Germanceri
Pleasant View Elementary 4
Pleasant View Elementary
Teacher: Kristin Foley
Front row, from right: Adele Nelson, Sully Needham, Parker Ballou, Brittani Bartlett. Middle row, from left: Claire Kintner, Tate Runkle, Ellie McDonald, Ryen Fitzgibbon, Parker Davies, Kendall Werkmeister, Kennon Kies. Back row, from left: Keegan Shoulders, Kelsey Rausenberger, Amira Toorsunov, Kate Parsons, Jared Kerr
Riverdale Heights Elementary 1
Riverdale Heights 1
Teacher Name: Victoria Beale
Front row, from left: Paul Kremmer, Jack Jurkowski, Jackson Bickel, Nikhil Balasubramanian. Back row, from left: Rahul Vijay, Shraddha Balaji, Mara Tapia, Prakruthi Kathiravan
Riverdale Heights Elementary 2
Riverdale Heights 2
Teacher: Mrs. Melissa Cotton
Front row, from left: Sudeeksha Mukiri, Lillian Klemetson, Joanne Olutade. Middle row, from left: Jocelyn Schorg, Rilynne Larson, Gurkirat Singh, Matthew White, Maxton Gauss. Back row from left: Aranyak Banerjee, Stella Johnson, Austin Berger, Chase Pennekamp, Mariana Bolet
Riverdale Heights Elementary 3
Riverdale Heights Elementary
Teacher: Jacqueline Josupait
Front row, from left: Abhi Bojja, Savannah Caffery, Eli Stagg, Katherine Miller, Lillian Casas. Middle row, from left: Michael Carton, Liam McShane, Levi Wolford, Samaira Iyer, Siddu Pabba, Drew Kraus. Back row, from left: Linnea Macey, Xavier River, Emma Godwin, Nolan Rodgers, Keaten Sams
Riverdale Heights Elementary 4
Riverdale Heights Elementary
Teacher: Kat Schilling
Front row, from left: Kinley Sederquist, Jacey Filgo, Sanskriti Iyer, Vihaan Yuvaraj. Middle row, from left: Hayden Heberling, Benjamin Brown, Rola Ibrahim, Eve Rodgers, Amulya Mantha, Elise Cabay. Back row, from left: Nola Furlong, Kade Williams, Maverick Gauss, Wyatt Godwin, Muhamad Taher, Brayden LeBarge-Christie
