Every year the elementary schools hold a trivia contest consisting of teams from all of the elementary schools. The students in 6th grade got a sheet of all the students in the grade and got to vote on them. I got the majority of the votes and my friend William Sims got 2nd in the voting. We also had an alternate just in case. The alpha teacher Mrs. Gaines was in charge of training us. So some days she took us out of the classroom and started asking us questions. She advised us to watch the news, read newspapers and also learn some new things.
Our first match was against North Cedar on January 16, 2013. It was actually on Hotline which was on Channel 15 which is our local Cedar Falls channel. We won the first round 70-56. Then we had to wait until April to go against Valley Lutheran, a Christian school in Cedar Falls which also participates. After more intense training with Mrs. Gaines we finally got to the match. It was a close one but Lincoln still won 84 to 74. Lincoln was in the championship against Cedar Heights.
Our first match was against North Cedar on January 16, 2013. It was actually on Hotline which was on Channel 15 which is our local Cedar Falls channel. We won the first round 70-56. Then we had to wait until April to go against Valley Lutheran, a Christian school in Cedar Falls which also participates. After more intense training with Mrs. Gaines we finally got to the match. It was a close one but Lincoln still won 84 to 74. Lincoln was in the championship against Cedar Heights.
Cedar Heights has not won the trivia championship since 2006. Lincoln has not won since 1990 something. The battle was extremely close and Lincoln won 68 to 62. Lincoln had won the 2012-2013 trivia contest! As a reward we got to bring this trophy to school and we also got an ice cream party for our grade. In my opinion the party was depressing. It was basically frozen Popsicles with ice cream inside them. I thought that the people who planned the treats would be a little more thoughtful. And we also got our school's name engraved on the trophy. I would like to thank my mom who helped spread the word to watch Lincoln on TV via the power of social media. This is an experience that I will never forget.