VCS Gifted and Talented Instructor, Cynthia Shidner and parent: Katie Connell, have teamed up as this year’s 5th/6th Battle of the Books Coaches. Students meet in the library once each week to get ready for the January VCS district battles. Below are a few of this year’s participants. Good Luck Battle Book Participants!
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Mrs. Cranor shows off a few of the great books purchased by the HHES PTA and Valdez Literacy Council.
Students at HHES School walked into the library within the first weeks to almost $1000 worth of Scholastic books thanks to the Valdez Literacy Council and HHES PTA! These organizations support the library by allowing the library staff to purchase books with their book fair bonus points. Kids have been walking out of the library with books on dinosaurs, tornadoes, hot chapter books they’ve been asking for, and much much more. We were also able to purchase books and DVD’s to support the teachers in the subjects they teach.
Take time to thank those individuals who help out on the HHES PTA and the Valdez Literacy Council!
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HHES Library Club volunteer Emily created a great display encouraging our kids to read the well known classic: Alice in Wonderland,by Lewis Carroll….
in hopes of getting kids fired up before seeing the recently released movie with actor Johnny Depp. As we all know…. the books is always better than the movie!
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This year’s battle of the books slumber party was one of the best! We kicked off the evening with sledding, crafting, and a little computer time.
Mr. Balowski got these kids out on the groomed snow hill beside the school. Nothing like sledding in the light of an almost full moon!
Spending a little time playing games on the computers. Thanks Mrs. Keeney for letting us use the lab!
Peep Dioramas! Lots of fun creating scenes with chicken and bunny peeps! Thanks Mrs. Sharai for making this happen!
This was Tyler’s rendition of “The Sword Birds”.
Next we headed to the pool.. We had the place to ourselves. Thanks to Wendy Clubb and the life guard staff, the kids had a great time with all the pool toys.
I told you they pulled out all the fun water toys!
Back to the school for some great food!
Next, the annual Sardines Hide & Seek. Emily had an awesome spot that challenged most of us for quite a while. But Kate stumped all of us with her sneaky hiding place in the gym.
Angela’s great elephant slippers.
We wrapped up the evening with a movie on the new library promethium board complete with internal speakers before calling it a night.
Oh, and of course, some of us managed to sneak in a few pages of reading.
Many thanks to Anthony Balowski, Noelle Sharai, and Kristen Hayes, who’s help made it possible to have this annual reading incentive party.
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Catie, Kate, Morgan, and Tom absorbed in books!
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Tom Zembzycki, Morgan Johnson, and Kate Farmer in state battles!
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The Medieval Marbles: Mrs. Guthrie’s 5th Grade Class Won Their Bracket In Round One for the 5th/6th Battle of the Books!
Coach Connell did a great job making practices fun and worthwhile. Thanks Katey for giving your time to support the love of reading through this state-wide reading incentive program.
The Medieval Marbles came in 18th out of 42 teams. Great teamwork!!
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State Battle of the Books February 15-18th!
Check Out The Official Battle of the Books Website To Find Out This Year’s Winning Teams
This Year’s 3rd/4th Grade Valdez City Schools Battle of the Books Team:
The Dragon’s Blood From Mrs. Anderson’s Class
Toting Their Favorite Battle Books From This Year!
Many Thanks To Deanna Cox, Their Parent Coach!
The Medieval Marbles From Mrs. Guthrie’s Class: This year’s 5th/6th Grade District Team Competitors Showing Off Their Favorite Battle Books Too!
Many Thanks To Katey Connell, This Team’s Parent Coach!
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Mo and Steve Radatitch decided to dedicate the children’s versions of “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson to our library in celebration of the “Passport To Reading” incentive reading program we are doing third quarter. Students are encouraged to read books from all the continents. I can’t wait to promote these books to our students! Thanks Mo and Steve!
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Meet This Year’s Hermon HHES 3rd/4th District Battle of the Books Teams!
And The Winning Team is Mrs. Anderson’s 4th Grade Team The Dragon’s Blood.
This year’s 5th/6th Grade HHES District Battle Book Teams.
I have to tell you, this was the most exciting battle I’ve ever been a part of over the past 10 years! Both of these teams knew their books, collaborated well as teams, had great sportsmanship, and had to go into sudden death overtime before the winning team was determined.
Congratulations to Mrs. Guthrie’s Medieval Marbles!
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