The Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers was established to help promote reading and literacy skills in teens. The criteria for this award were developed using modified guidelines developed for the Georgia Book Awards and the Kentucky Blue Grass Award. The Georgia Peach Award will be administered by the Georgia Library Media Association, Georgia Library Association, Georgia Public Library Service.Each year titles are researched by the Reading Committee members. School media specialists, teachers, librarians, and students are encouraged to submit titles for consideration. In early winter, the committee meets to narrow the list to 20 titles. The purpose of this project is to highlight and promote the best of young adult literature for Georgia high school age students.  The PHS Reading Bowl team will compete at the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl competition in Gainesville, Georgia.  The team consists of ten players who read the appointed books and quiz over comprehension questions from the books. 

In a nutshell...

PHS reading bowl club is a great opportunity to study books, characters, and exciting plots. Members pick from a selection of nominated books to read and get familiar with. Practice is held after school and during club times so that students can do something as a team. During this time we read, makeup questions, study characters and discuss important events in the book. We also practice with the buzzer system to prepare for competitions.