Another Splash of a Good Time!

Over 30 students joined us for this year’s Battle of the Books Swim-Pizza Party this week.

The goal: To read at least 6 of this year’s battle books before Thanksgiving and get 80 % or better on AR tests.

Here’s some pictures from this year’s event.

HHES Staff Pick Their Favorite Books

Thanks to the creative talent of Judy Prevost your library has a great new display that features our HHES staff’s favorite books.  Swing by to check out the new display.  Thanks Judy for all your hard work.  It looks great and the kids are having fun checking out books to read that have been recommended by their teachers!

Two Of Dr. Seus’ Characters Joined HHES For Halloween!

Thing One and Thing Two came for a brief visit at HHES during the Halloween Parade!

Vote For Your Favorite Book!

With the presidential election just around the cornor we decided to set up a voting booth at the HHES Library where kids can go vote for their favorite book.

Thanks to Scholastic Book Company kids are able to go online and vote for their favorite books.  They then can check to see how kids from all over the United States have cast their votes.

the kids wrap up their voting event by picking up a bookmark with an American flag.

Say Hi To Our Tech Savvy Mrs. Benda!

Welcome back to the 2008-2009 school year Mrs. Benda!

What would we do without our techno wonder-woman!

Mrs. Benda not only is at the ready to check in and out books at a moments notice, (as well get those materials back on the shelf quickly), BUT she’s the brains behind keeping those student computers working and the printers printing.

Oh, and did I mention that she’s the one who catalogs all the new books and donated items so we have a method to find all the great reads?

AND she knows how to find just the right book for those teachers and kiddos popping in and out of our library on a regualr basis. Thanks Mrs. Benda for everything you do for the HHES staff and students!

Meet Amanda: HHES Library Student Aide

Amanda will be working in the HHES Library as a student aide for the 2nd year running. We are lucky to have Amanda on our staff. She’s a hard worker with a positive attitude and seems to enjoy being part of the library team. Amanda does a variety of jobs for us. She shelves materials, delivers things to teacheres, creates bulletin boards, helps with reading incentive programs, and the list goes on….

If you ask Amanda what she enjoys doing in her free time you’re likely to hear about her personal library. Stahley loves to read and always has her nose in a book. She even began arranging her collection of books in Dewey Decimal order this summer. Spoken like a true librarian!

GET SMART! @YOURLIBRARY

Welcome to the 2008-2009 school year at Hermon Hutchens Elementary School Library!

Students, teachers, and parents!! We encourage you to swing by our library and check out all the new books,DVDs, and other library resources that have arrived over the summer and…. Get Smart @ your library!

Many thanks to Kristin Hayes for volunteering her time and putting her artistic talents to work creating some of this year’s library bulletin boards including the “Get Smart” theme.

Oh! Did I mention Kristen’s kids pitched in too by putting books on display, and kept scissors, staplers, tape, and other items at our fingertips?

But everyone needs a little break now and then. I can’t think of a better way to kick back for a little while!

Tenacious Reading Pays Off!

This young lady began reading the Tamora Pierce book: “Lady Knight”, about ten weeks ago. Every week during library class she would bring it back to be renewed. This is a pretty hefty read for a 4th grader. Congratulations Miss “M”!

Early Morning Readers

Here’s a sight I love to see in our library. Parents taking time from their busy schedule to read to their child and his friends before the school day kicks off.

Accelerated Reader: A Great Reading Incentive Program!

Crystal Nowak is the VCS Accelerated Reader Coordinator. Thanks to support from Title I funds, our district uses Accelerated Reader as a supplimentary way to encourage kids to read. This program uses quizzes and points for it’s incentive program. Meet Crystal Nowak!

Each quarter 3rd-6th grade classes begin with a “clean slate”. As students read books, take quizzes on the book, and receive points, their class builds up points. At the end of each quarter the 3rd/4th & 5th/6th grade class with the most “AR” points receives a class party.

Parents of younger students are also using Acceletrated Reader as a way to encourage their children to read regulary as well as improve reading skills.

Dane’s mother tells me he is working at home to earn 25 points in AR. As his prize, he will receive a Lego Star Wars Set. He also uses an online reading incentive program called “Book Adventure”. Every 1000 points he gets earns him a Friday night “Choice” of a family game, activity, dinner, or a movie. He is working hard at reading and he loves it!.

For those of you who would like to learn more about “Book Adventure”, go to www.bookadventure.org