Entertainment Weekly is hosting a bracket game to choose the best Young Adult Novel of all time. I love games like this. I just voted in round one and found it kind of exciting. Some of the books I haven't read and found myself voting based on the ones I have read. Either way it's... Continue Reading →
Spine Poem Contest Winners Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the spine poem contest. The votes were close and I wasn't sure who was going to end up winning. In the end, our first place winner won by three votes. Without further ado here are the winners... 1st place goes to 4th grader Jericoh Santiago. Congratulations and come by the... Continue Reading →
Finalists for the Spine Poem Contest
http://youtu.be/0di0ZicjGIU Here are the twenty finalists for April's Spine Poem Contest. Let me tell you, it was very hard to choose just twenty. Thank you everyone who participated. The winner will be announce at the end of the week. At that time I will also publish the authors of these twenty poems.
A great entry from our religion teacher!
Lets Celebrate National Libraries Week *UPDATE*
Inspired by this post on St. Eugene's School Panther Pages, I thought it would be fun for St. Philip's to also have a Spine Poem Contest. It is quite easy, find some books and use the words on the spine to create a poem. You will then need to take a photo of your poem... Continue Reading →
Mid Winter Reading Challenge Completed
Congratulations to the eleven students from grades K to 7 who completed our first ever reading challenge. They each received every prize along the way. At Monday Assembly they were presented with the final prize, a Cherry on Top gift card and the grand prize drawing was held. Congratulations to Mackenzie Younker in KB... Continue Reading →
Reading Challenge Update!
All right, I know you have all been working hard on the reading challenge. We even got some teachers involved! A huge shout out to Mrs. Ramos, Mrs. Ramirez and Mr. W. You have just over 24 hours to complete the challenge and some of you are so very close! I thought I would post... Continue Reading →
Reading Challenge Point Totals
I have tallied the first round of Reading Challenge points and there are a few people who have earned the first or second point level prizes. Congratulations to the following winners. Please come to the library to receive your level prize. Keep up the good work. Remember to complete the challenge you need to earn... Continue Reading →
We accept your challenge!
Students have begun to enthusiastically sign up for the Reading Challenge! I love seeing the classes come into the library to look for books that meet the challenge tasks. Here, some fourth graders have logged into schoology.com to begin taking the quizzes that will record their points. If you have no idea what I'm talking... Continue Reading →
Reading Challenge Prizes
I hope you are all enjoying the reading challenge. I have had fun interacting with the participants on schoology.com. We have had a few students complete some tasks and many more making plans and deciding on books to read. If, by chance you have no idea what the reading challenge is please go read all... Continue Reading →
Mid-Winter Reading Challenge.
Calling Falcons of all grades! Take the mid-winter reading challenge to help chase those after Christmas Blues away. Inspired by The Mighty Little Librarian's January and February Book Challenge The Details: The challenge is open to all grades but you must join the Mid-Winter Reading Challenge Course on schoology.com To join go to the website... Continue Reading →
The Falcon's Fables 