A HUGE thank you to Mrs. Stinger and the Harrison PTO for organizing another successful book fair!!! Our students always look forward to the book fair because I'm often asked "Mrs. Anderson, when is the next book fair?" The book fair helps to supplement our library budget. With the book fair funds, I am able to purchase more high interest books that our students always love! This year, because of the money spent at the book fair, I was able to purchase 54 new books for our library and book clubs at the close of the fair. In addition, I will be able to spend an additional $1700 when the new Scholastic catalog comes out this summer. WOW! Also, our students benefit from being able to buy new books at a reasonable price to read over the summer. Thank you, again, to Mrs. Stinger and all of the moms who volunteered their time to set up, run the cash register, clean up, and promote the event!! Happy reading to all!
Today we had a wonderful visit from the Miss Caitlin and Super Hero "Super Reader" (who looks surprisingly like Miss Mariann...).
These two funny ladies explained the McHenry Public Library Summer Reading Program to our students. The program kicks off on Saturday, June 6th. The theme this year is "Every Hero Has a Story" for grades PK-5 and "Unmask" for grades 6-12 (use the grade the student will be going into this fall). Once students sign up, they will receive a game board with different activities to complete. There are three different prize levels and the prizes depend on the age of the student. The program is FREE and open to anyone with a McHenry Public Library card. Don't have a card? Signing up is easy at the library! For more information, visit the McHenry Public Library website: http://www.mchenrylibrary.org/index.php/library-news#summerreading
Help Super Reader keep her powers this summer...READ!!!
Last week, May 4-10th, was Children's Book Week and like past years, Harrison School celebrated in many ways! First, we had our annual bookmark decorating contest. Students were encourage to decorate a bookmark with the theme "Power Up and Read" (which is also the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge Theme this year). As usual, our students were very creative and they came up with some awesome ideas! It was hard, but we chose several winners from each grade level to copy and put out for other students to use as bookmarks. Here are some of the winners:
Next, students were encouraged to write the title of one of their favorite books on a piece of paper to put up in the library for all to see. It's so nice having these on display for students to look at and get ideas for what to read next!
On Tuesday, students brought in a favorite book for DEAR time (Drop Everything and Read).
Finally, last week most of our students logged in to the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge website and started logging their reading minutes.
It's always fun to celebrate books!!
