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Rosarito Lee and Copa Panchito 2019
The 2018-2019 school year is the sixth year of our program in public and private schools throughout Rosarito Beach, in which all participants read the same books. Our goal is to make Rosarito Beach the number one city for reading in all of Mexico. Again this year, we have included some schools in nearby areas of Tijuana and Ensenada. The Rosarito Lee program in the schools has come to be affectionately known as Copa Panchito. The very first author read in the program was Francisco "Panchito" Jimenez. His books continue to be beloved by all of the students who read them. We began an inter-school reading contest in Year Two of the program, with the winning school garnering the Panchito Cup trophy (Copa Panchito). Ever after, this is how the schools have come to know the program. This year the selected books (available in both Spanish and English) are Cajas de Carton (The Circuit), Senderos Fronterizos (Breaking Through) and Mas Alla de Mi (Reaching Out) by Francisco Jimenez. Author Jimenez has visited Rosarito Beach in past years to meet the children personally on visits to libraries and schools. He will visit again this year as we host an exhibit of sculptures by his son, Francisco Jr., and an Academic Forum focused on promoting reading. This year's Copa Panchito schedule and competing schools can be found here. |
Participating Schools
15 de mayo 16 de septiembre Adolfo López Mateos Benemérito de Las Américas Ejido Mazatlán Emiliano Zapata Forjadores de la patria Francisco I. Madero Insurgente Pedro Moreno Jesús García José María Pino Suárez José Vasconcelos M José Vasconcelos V Niños héroes Plan de Ayala Quinto Municipio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Benito Juárez Abraham Lincoln Constitución de 1917 20 de noviembre |
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CONTESTS FOR Copa Panchito 2019
SCHOOL LEVEL
OLIMPIADA de LECTURA (READING OLYMPICS): a Jeopardy style/Academic Bowl competition, similar to the Copa Panchito (below), but held within each school, allowing broader participation and serving as a preliminary to the Copa Panchito.
COPA PANCHITO. Each participating school enters a team of three students - one each from 4th, 5th and 6th grades - to compete with teams from other participating schools for the Panchito Cup. This is a Jeopardy style/Academic Bowl competition. Students answer questions from the four books in the program. In each preliminary round, losing teams are eliminated and the winners advance to the next stage of the competition. The four finalist schools compete for prizes in the Grand Finale.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE COPA PANCHITO. First round and semifinal competitions held at IMAC (one block west of Blvd. Benito Juarez and Banamex). Grand Finale held at Palacio Municipal.
March 20-21 First round (IMAC)
March 22 Semifinal (MAC)
March 28 Grand Finale
Exposition of winning drawings and essays, published Anthology Awards Ceremony (Palacio Municipal)
Be a part of it! Show the children your belief in the power and importance of reading.
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
STUDENT COMPOSITIONS AND DRAWINGS - Each participating student is invited to write a composition, with accompanying drawing, about something they learned from the books that relates to their own lives. Each school selects their best letters which are published in an illustrated Anthology. The Bella Prize, new this year, will go to the Outstanding Student. A Bella Prize will also be awarded to an outstanding teacher and school principal for their support of the program and reading promotion.
To learn about becoming a School Sponsor of Copa Panchito, click here
SCHOOL LEVEL
OLIMPIADA de LECTURA (READING OLYMPICS): a Jeopardy style/Academic Bowl competition, similar to the Copa Panchito (below), but held within each school, allowing broader participation and serving as a preliminary to the Copa Panchito.
COPA PANCHITO. Each participating school enters a team of three students - one each from 4th, 5th and 6th grades - to compete with teams from other participating schools for the Panchito Cup. This is a Jeopardy style/Academic Bowl competition. Students answer questions from the four books in the program. In each preliminary round, losing teams are eliminated and the winners advance to the next stage of the competition. The four finalist schools compete for prizes in the Grand Finale.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE COPA PANCHITO. First round and semifinal competitions held at IMAC (one block west of Blvd. Benito Juarez and Banamex). Grand Finale held at Palacio Municipal.
March 20-21 First round (IMAC)
March 22 Semifinal (MAC)
March 28 Grand Finale
Exposition of winning drawings and essays, published Anthology Awards Ceremony (Palacio Municipal)
Be a part of it! Show the children your belief in the power and importance of reading.
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
STUDENT COMPOSITIONS AND DRAWINGS - Each participating student is invited to write a composition, with accompanying drawing, about something they learned from the books that relates to their own lives. Each school selects their best letters which are published in an illustrated Anthology. The Bella Prize, new this year, will go to the Outstanding Student. A Bella Prize will also be awarded to an outstanding teacher and school principal for their support of the program and reading promotion.
To learn about becoming a School Sponsor of Copa Panchito, click here
