Lake County briefs

Wright team wins prize:

The Daniel Wright Junior High School Science Olympiad team recently won first prize in a middle school regional tournament. The team from the Lincolnshire school won medals in 20 of 23 events at the March 14 competition and set a new team score record, officials said. The team now advances to a state contest in April.

Battle of the books in Wauconda

Wauconda Unit District 118 hosts its first Battle of the Books for elementary students Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Wauconda High School auditorium. Students from Cotton Creek School, Robert Crown School and Wauconda Grade School will be quizzed on books from the list of books nominated for the Rebecca Caudill award. More than 40 students from the three schools will compete.

Grayslake North High School wins grant:

Grayslake North High School received a $1,000 grant from the Northern Illinois Computing Educators, officials announced Friday. Grayslake North media specialist Cynthia Karabush submitted a project called "Listen Up/Escuchen!" that led to the award. Karabush said the grant money will provide students an opportunity to borrow iPod Shuffles preloaded with MP3 files of novels they are required to read for class. Students who need additional reading assistance can then listen along while looking at the text, Karabush said, which fosters increased engagement with the text. Karabush plans to present her project idea to a meeting of the computer educators set for May 6 at Maine South High School in Park Ridge.