2019 Tournament Winners
Congratulations to the winners of our first-ever SALT tournament!
3rd & 4th Grade Champions
The Sharks (Ellie, Mason, Baron, and Chloe).
5th & 6th Grade Champions
Salem Academy SALT Stars (Madilyn, Emily, Stella, and Kaely)
Tournament Preparations
April is right around the corner and we are in full swing with our tournament preparations! We are looking forward to seeing you all there!
If you haven’t already done so, please submit the names of your SALT kids so we can make sure the spellings are correct for the tournament roster. Those can be emailed to jorso@saltvault.org.
Also, please remember to bring a full set of 16 SALT books with you to the April 6, 2019 tournament. These will be used for team challenges that are allowed at the end of each round. Please make sure the books are placed in a closed box or bag so competitors cannot see them during a skirmish. The sets of books will be placed next to the team coaches during competition.
Author Pronunciations
Please remember that the teams need to memorize and pronounce author names correctly during competitions. A great site for learning those more difficult pronunciations is TeachingBooks.net and their Author Name Pronunciation Guide. This audio guide is really helpful. There are other sites out there with similar resources so this one is only a suggestion.
Salem Academy Competition
Salem Academy is hosting an in-house SALT School Competition on Friday, March 1, 2019. The competition begins at 2:15 pm in the elementary gym. Coaches are welcome to bring their teams to watch. It will be a great opportunity to see a skirmish in action and see some of the details you may not have encountered with your club yet.
Mini Skirmishes start in January
Mini Skirmishes (battles) will start in January when students return from Christmas break. Mini Skirmishes will be held during regularly scheduled club times for your school. This is a great time to practice and sharpen skills for your own school competition in February, and the tournament on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Salem Academy is planning a school competition for February. A specific date will be announced as soon as possible so that you can make plans to attend and get an inside glimpse of what the tournament in April will look like.
Show off your club
Send us a picture of your club and tell us about your school and what your students are enjoying about SALT so far this year. You can upload your text and photo using the form located on the School Club page. All participating schools will be displayed so everyone can get to know each other.
Welcome to SALT!
Thank you for participating in SALT this year! We are already receiving a lot of positive feedback and are excited to see what the Lord has in store through this program this year. We trust that you and your students will be greatly blessed by joining the SALT community!
The Incredible Journey
AUTHOR: Sheila Burnford
GENRE: Drama, Adventure Fiction
SUMMARY: The Incredible Journey tells the story of three pets: a young Labrador retriever, an old bull terrier, and a Siamese cat. While their owners are away in England, they are being cared for by a family friend at his home in the country. But a miscommunication occurs between the friend and his housekeeper when he goes on a hunting trip, and the animals are left alone for several hours, with a gnawing instinct that something has gone wrong. They soon set off on a journey to find home, which instinct tells them is to the west. They travel 400 kilometers across the Northern Ontario wilderness, facing many obstacles along the way: swift-flowing rivers and the rugged landscape; wild animals and unsympathetic humans; starvation, injuries, and sheer exhaustion. Separately they would not have survived, but together this disparate group prevails, and they find their way home to the family they love.
The Phantom Tollbooth
AUTHOR: Norton Juster
GENRE: Fantasy
SUMMARY: For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams!
The Railway Children
AUTHOR: Edith Nesbit
GENRE: Adventure Fiction
SUMMARY: The Railway Children tells the story of a family who moves from London to “The Three Chimneys”, a house near the railway in Yorkshire, after the father, who works at the Foreign Office, is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying. The children befriend an Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 train near their home, and he tries to help them prove their father’s innocence. The family takes care of a Russian exile who came to England looking for his family and Jim, the grandson of the Old Gentleman.