YMCA Holds Quiz Bowl for TPS Elementary Schools

Sojourner’s Truth Staff

Do you know who the 43^rd president of the United States was?

Are you smarter than a third grader? Or fourth, fifth or sixth grader?

Take your time to answer because, be advised, these kids are really smart and during the YMCA-sponsored Quiz Bowl competitions, Toledo Public School elementary students had the opportunity to display could be accomplished through study and hard work.

The Quiz Bowl started in March and wraps up this week with the final regular season competition at Spring Elementary on Friday. Seven elementary schools – Spring, Rosa Parks, Leverette, Sherman, Chase, MLK and Riverside – took turns hosting the dual matches.

The students received the questions in advance and had the opportunity to study them and memorize the answers in order to be prepared for the competitions.

The Quiz Bowl is the brainchild of Eric Williams, director of the Wayman Palmer YMCA, and the administration of TPS. “We want to do a lot more in the community,” says Williams who assumed the top job at the Wayman Palmer last fall.
 

“We’re crossing neighborhoods and crossing schools,” he adds, noting that the original idea was to hold the competitions at the Y but eventually determined that visiting other schools was beneficial for the students. “Kids are getting to know each other and showing sportsmanship.”

The season will culminate at the Wayman Palmer with a Quiz Bowl Super Bowl in May.

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