As the pictures below suggest, this year's Scholastic Bookfair was a ton of fun! First, the strong sixth graders cleared out the Volunteer Room (Room 102) and then a whirlwind of awesome library volunteers moved in and transformed the space into a beautiful bookstore. We opened on the afternoon of January 22nd with enthusiastic parents and students enjoying the great selection of books and just closed up shop yesterday after our last classroom came through. Many, many books went home with students and many more were purchased by our teachers and by families for classroom and library donations. Thank you to all who shopped and to all who gave their time to make this year's Scholastic Bookfair a great success. Stay tuned to see some of the excellent new books we will purchase for the library with our earnings!
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Thanks to all of the parents and children who joined us, our NDA Early Literacy Night was an evening of fun and learning for all ages. Our Middle School volunteers kept the kids busy in the preschool room with lots of literacy-based play activities while their parents gathered in the kindergarten room to learn how they can support their child's literacy development at home. Everyone left with new books, courtesy of a grant from the Target Corporation. Thank you to Melissa Streit for helping us secure the grant! I also want to thank Hallie Keenan (our kindergarten teacher) and Shannon Amsler (our preschool teacher) for planning and presenting with me. Finally, I am grateful to parent volunteers Sarah Schwab and Teresa Mohabir and to our amazing Middle School volunteers (who now have a lot of little adoring fans!).
The presentation we shared, which includes links to additional online resources, is available here. |
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