Welcome back to the Library, Fall 2007-2008

Welcome back to another year at wonderful St. John the Baptist Catholic School!!

FIRST, THOUGH, A LOOK BACK AT THE CLOSE OF SCHOOL IN JUNE, 2007:
The library held a HULA PARTY for Grades 1,2, and 3, complete with treats, music, and hula dancers! Wonderful upperclassmen who danced for the Primry grades included:
Brooke Sciotti, Emily Melchiore, Jessica Allman, and Danielle Harrington
HULA BOYS! included Shane Ging, Joe Szurszewski, and Jeff Anderson

WINNERS of the beach party blankets were:
Elizabeth Szurszewski and Kevin Capone
Emily Clites and Reese Hawke
Cassidy Soboslay and Julia Messina

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We started the new school year off with a giant sale- good books and videos for teachers, executive, volunteers, and students. The sale made room on our shelves for new material and netted us cash to purchase these new items! Thanks to all who supported the sale!

We also raffled off a wonderful book/package titled "TUTANKHAMEN'S TOMB", regularly priced at $18.99 Fantastic! WINNER OF THIS MARVELOUS TREASURE WAS

STEVANAKELLY DOLENCE - Congratulations!
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REGULAR LIBRARY CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 10.
Basic library guidelines: Primary classes: 2 books per week
Gr 4-8 : 3 books per week plus report items.
********************PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS WILL NOT BE CHECKING VIDEOS OR DVDS OUT THIS YEAR AS OUR COLLECTION AT THIS TIME IS BEING REBUILT TO SERVE PRIMARILY AS A RESOURCE FOR CLASSROOM USE. Most of the children have many audio-visual items at home already.

LIBRARY AIDES: PROGRAM WILL BEGIN WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 AT WHICH TIME WE SHALL SELECT NEW AIDES FROM GRADE 6. Remember we may only select a few students to join the other aides from Grades 7 & 8 already serving. If your child is not selected please do not take this as a personal rejection. We'd love to have everyone help but there are only so many times we need aides, or only certain times they may work in the library rather than be in class.

LIBRARY CLASSES INCLUDE INTRODUCTION TO GOOD READING AS WELL AS INSTRUCTION IN HOW TO USE A LIBRARY (remember everything is NOT found on the computer - particularly fine literature!)

We also involve students in projects that introduce them to the world around them - from Oriental crafts, growing things, learning about their state and country, understanding the reason for the birth of fairy tales and folk tales in all cultures, learning the vocabulary connected to certain activities ( e.g. the language that pops up around the time of political elections!)

We also encourage students to contribute by creating bookmarkers that we may copy for all to use. Also, to write short reviews of a new book they've read ( presenting these to the class helps hone their delivery skills.

We are adding over 120 new titles to our Accelerated Reading List that already has over 2,000 titles.

LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST ---- we are so grateful to our hard-working, faithful Library volunteers: Mrs. Joan Gallagher, Mrs. Beth Clites, Mrs. Anita Tuskan, and Mrs. Nikki Senchak - and, of course my main support -----those student Library Aides who somehow keep this "young" lady afloat in the sea of technology! You know who you are

HERE'S TO AN OUTSTANDING YEAR: NO SCHOOL OFFERS YOU MORE, NO SCHOOL GIVES Y OU AS STRONG A MORALITY-BASED EDUCATION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU PARENTS FOR YOUR EXCELLENT CHOICE IN SENDING YOUR CHILD TO ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC SCHOOL.

Mrs. Hildagarde Gray, Librarian
September, 2007