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Reigning Esports Champs
I read with great interest the esports article
"Ready Player One: Esports in Schools"
(June/July). I am also an esports manager.
My teams play for North America Scholastic
Esports Federation, and one of my League
of Legends (LOL) teams has won the finals
two years in a row. PlayVS is another league
that my teams play for. They are a California
Interscholastic Federation-sanctioned league,
and my team has won their LOL tournaments
both seasons this year.
In May 2019 my LOL team was invited
to play in the first High School Invitational
Tournament at the Riot Esports Arena in Los
Angeles. They also won that tournament.
My district is also very supportive, and my
co-adviser and I make every effort to provide
a wide array of games for the students to play
and compete.
MYRA DEISTER
Fullerton Secondary Teachers Organization
In Praise of Librarians
I am disappointed in not seeing any mention
of certificated teacher librarians in the story
"A New World for Student Support Services"
(June/July). As awareness, utilization and
understanding of teacher librarians decreases
in California, our very existence is threatened.
We are actually an active, versatile and
resilient group who reinvent ourselves, par-
ticularly in the face of COVID-19.
During the shutdown, I Zoomed daily and
transitioned our after-school tutoring ses-
sions online. I pitched in for textbook return
so I could see our seniors a final time, and
I know many of my colleagues worked hard
too! We have many great programs and ideas
that dovetail specifically with our country 's
efforts to combat racism and ignorance, and
only ask for small but frequent mention in our
collective publication.
GAILYN MIRANDA
Twin Rivers United Educators
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