 We are thrilled to announce that Jaleigh Johnson, author of our Tome It List selection Mark of the Dragonfly, will be our Key Note Speaker at TomeCon 2016.
Mark your calendars now and get those bus forms and field trip requests in! Thursday, March 17, 2016 9 AM - 5 PM Gainesville Campus - University of North Georgia 3820 Mundy Mill Rd. Oakwood, GA 30566
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The Tome Chapter of the Year 2015-2016 competition guidelines are finalized. The submission packet document is posted on the Tome Society webpage on both our Resources and Competitions page. And can be directly accessed at http://www.tomesociety.org/uploads/1/5/5/3/15531344/tomecoy2015-2016.docx
The file must be opened, saved, and edited in Microsoft Word. The file is restricted so only certain portions maybe typed on. PLEASE read the directions completely. Chapter of the Year packets must be postmarked by March 1, but each chapter should begin building their documentation now. All entries must be TYPED and BOUND in order. There is a max of 1850 points available. Chapters will be honored as follows: Honor Roll: Minimum of 400 points Bronze Chapters: Minimum of 500 points (Minimum of 15 members) Silver Chapters: Minimum of 750 points (Minimum of 20 members) Gold Chapters: Minimum of 1,000 points (Minimum of 30 members) Superior Chapter – Top 2 and 3 Points Earning Chapters Overall Chapter of the Year – Top 1 Point Earning Chapter Chapter earning the most points will be named Overall Chapter of the Year. Second and Third places will also be awarded Superior Chapter. Entries will be DISQUALIFIED that do not follow directions exactly (handwritten, not bound, postmarked late, etc). Good luck! Don't forget Fall competitions due December 15. 2015 FALL COMPETITION CHANGES:
All competitions must be submitted by the adviser on the Canvas Adviser group assignment (coming soon) by December 15, 2015 at 6 pm. All competitions entries have to be shared digitally through a URL. All rubrics/directions have been recently updated. Please re-visit our competitions page at http://www.tomesociety.org/competitions or view the directions/rubrics linked below. FALL COMPETITIONS Submission deadline: Dec 15, 2015
It List Voting is now open for all 2015-2016 books at tomesociety.org/vote Once a student reads any It List book, they should visit the page and rank the book. Students can only vote for one book at a time. But may return to the form as many times as they wish to vote and rank multiple books from the list. Students should only cast votes for books they have read. Voting closes Friday, March 11.
Tome is excited to be presenting at GaETC on Thursday, November 5 during the 4:30 PM concurrent session in Marriott Salon E.
We invite all current and prospective advisers to join us for our session "Literacy, Creativity, and Rigor through a Digital Book Club" 
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