No, we are not quite climbing the walls yet…

Though it may appear so!  Thanks to Mrs. Keeney and After-the-Bell-Art, we’ve had a chance to display some of the completed projects in the Gilson Jr. High Library display case.

Relaxing At The Library

There’s nothing better than a little time to dive into a good read.

Budding Author

This tenacious 2nd grade author has been working on her book over the past few months.  Today she presented the finished project to our library.

Mrs. Benda is busily cataloging the book.  The Little Turtle Who Couldn’t Wait For Halloween  will be on display and ready for check out soon.  Once it’s time to return to the shelves you’ll find it in the Everybody Section.

Thanks Miss C. for sharing your hot-off-the-press book with our school!

National Library Week: Lots Happening!

Just How Many Books Are In This Display Case?

Wrapping Up This Year’s Battle Book Program

Our annual Battle Book Slumber Party wrapped up last night. 21 kids were able to attend this year’s event. The students had to read all 15 of the books and receive 80% or higher on their AR quizzes.

We started out the evening swimming, followed by a school wide Easter Egg Hunt. Bookmark crafts, time in the gym, the computer lab, and lots of great snacks pretty much took care of the evening. We wrapped things up with three rounds of Sardines, a hide and seek game that covered  the whole school.

Great Snacks!

Those are Easter Eggs Hidden In That T-Shirt!

Bookmark Making Station

Time For Bed!

Thanks to all the amazing help from parents and volunteers.  You helped make this celebration one of the best!

Get A Clue @ Your Library

What do KVAK, (our local radio station), the HHES PTA, the Valdez Literacy Council, the Valdez Consortium Library and HHES Library all have in common? They are sponsoring the reading promotional “Get A Clue @ Your Library”!

Each week KVAK Radio reads a hook and asks a challenge question from a well known children’s book. The hook is also announced at school. Kids have all week to come to the library, read the book, and answer the weekly question.

Friday there is a drawing. The first child with the correct answer is invited to the library to pick out a webkin, compliments of the HHES PTA, and a “Get A Clue” T-shirt, compliments of the Valdez Consortium Library.

 

2nd Grade Students Get Wrapped Up In Reading

For the past 2 months students in kindergarten, first and second grade have been reading this year’s Alaska Battle of the Books.  Not only have they been reading the books and taking AR quizzes, but they have been having practice battles during weekly library classes.

Today, to wrap up all the hard work, 2nd grade classes formed battle teams and we hosted a mock battle at the library.  Kindergarten and first grade classes were invited to watch the fun.

Nine 2nd grade teams of 4 kids took the challenge.  We wrapped up the event with the movie “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”, and popcorn & juice provided by the HHES PTA. 

 

 

Avalanche Safety Classes A Huge Success!

Sara Carter came to the HHES 5th/6th grade library classes to teach students avalanche safety facts.

Carter brought probes, light-weight shovels, slope meters, locator beacons, dvd’s with footage of actual avalanche activity and more!

Carter shared a variety of hands-on activites and even a simulated avalanche the students helped create using plywood  to represent a mountain side, and miniature trees. They created snow using flour and sugar to create prime avalanche conditions.  Students used  a toy snow machine to demonstrate travel on the unstable conditions. Checkit out!

New Art Books @ Your Library

What do Picasso, Chagall, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Monet have in common?

Yes, they’re all artists, AND, we now have some awesome new books about each one of them!

Check out these new art books at the HHES Library!

More Battle Champs!

Congratulations Devon,  Jane and Rylee!  These girls have read all 15 of this year’s battle books!  All will be joining us at the February Battle Book Slumber party!

All three selected “Roxy and the Hooligans” as their favorite battle book this year.

Here’s Devon “Wrapped Up In Reading”.

Here’s “Princess Jane” showing off her favorite book: “Roxy and the Hooligans”.

Last, but not least is Rylee, another big fan of “Roxie and the Hooligans”.

But that’s not all!

Max made sure to tell us that “Fudge-a-mania was

his battle book pick.

And, last, but not least