The MVAOCOU Ram Readers competed at the Siouxland Christian Book Bash competition on Wednesday, April 23. The team placed fifth in the high school division against 13 teams from northwest Iowa.
    Book Bash consists of reading the books on a given reading list and being prepared to answer questions on them. Our team members read their assigned books and meet monthly as a group with Mrs. Angie Oberreuter to check in and discuss them. Book Bash competition consists of two 45 minute rounds of multiple-choice questions.
    In addition to the high school division, there was a middle school division with over 20 teams.
    Photo provided by Mrs. Oberreuter. Thanks, Angie!

    The students at the Mapleton Center were challenged to raise money for the American Heart Association, and the raised the money like champs. Altogether, they raised $5, 671. 27!
    The top 10 students (pictured below) who raised the most donations were the following: 1) Elise Clausen, 2) Hadley Bruhn, 3) Faith Smizer, 4) Wylie Eckert, 5) Addison Maas, 6) Chad Sadler, 7) Preslee Maas, 8) Myla Cloud, 9) Boden Burger, and 10) Morgan Comes.
    To acknowledge reaching their goal, a celebration was held on Friday. The top 10 students were given the opportunity to spray Silly String at elementary teacher's aides and high school students Braleigh Weber, Trista Ohlmeier, Makynlee Yockey, and Ava Kovarna. They were also given the opportunity to paint the hair of PE student teacher Mr. Kolby Nutt. All seemed to enjoy the ceremony.