Whats Going On In the Library
I realize it's been two weeks since I last blogged! YIKES. The end of the school year is always crazy. Drama Club has their final production, graduation, closing out the library. Basically all kinds of endings that keep me really busy! By the way, I hate endings. They make me really sad. I promise this... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Circulated Books of the 2013 School Year
As we reach the home stretch of the school year the library takes the time to perform inventory and look at our statistics. I really enjoy pulling up information about the books that were read, who checked them out and what was most popular this school year. It's been a few years since I last... 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.
Boy + Bot
Ame Dyckman's story of a boy and a robot who meet in the woods is timeless and familiar. Perhaps it isn't that different from other stories that deal with friendship, misunderstandings and discovery but the sweet concern each character feels for the other combined with Dan Yaccarino's illustrations make the book tug at your heartstrings... Continue Reading →
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 →
The First Meeting of the First EVER Jr. High Book Club
Today was an exciting day in the library during Jr. High lunch. Ms. Misty lead about 12 students in our first ever book club. Since everyone is all about Dystopian societies we appropriately choose Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The first two chapters where discussed with the focus on the question "Did Ender make... Continue Reading →
The Topic is Religion!
It's 4th grade prezi time. Here a few of the very best prezi's from both 4A and 4B. They were asked to read a book from the 200's Religion section and then do a mini book report. Here are just a few examples of their wonderful work.
This Just In!
We just received a bunch of new Non-Fiction books for the library. Among the various series we received isThe Remarkable People series which includes Mark Zuckerberg, Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga, Johnny Depp and Danica Patrick. There is also the Military Machines series that include three military helicopter books and one combat ship book. Next up... Continue Reading →
The Falcon's Fables 