This week will be the last check out week in the library. All library materials will be due by Friday, June 29th. Each student that returns all materials borrowed will receive a small prize and each whole class that has all students return all materials by June 29th will receive a popsicle party. An...
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Reading is an Investment is a literacy and financial education program for elementary students in Oregon. Look for the yellow gameboard/information flyer along with the green recommended reading list in your child’s backpack. All students who complete the program will be sent a prize packet and have their name entered in a drawing to...
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Welcome Back Readers! I can’t wait to hear about all the books you read over the summer and to see those Summer Reading t-shirts from the public library! The library schedule will begin on Tuesday, September 23rd. Kindergartners will check out 1 book per week that will stay in the classroom. First and Second...
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Again this year the Multnomah County Library has provided school librarians the opportunity to sign up students for their incredible summer reading program. I have enrolled all Lewis students in the program and will distribute gameboards and explain the program before school is out. If you don’t want your child to participate please just...
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Join Reading is an Investment today! Reading is an Investment is designed to highlight the importance of reading, while teaching children about the world of money and basic financial concepts. This program, sponsored in partnership with the State Treasurer and the Oregon College Savings Plan, is launched each year in every public elementary school...
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Next week we will begin our regular class library schedule. I am very excited to start seeing students and sharing the marvelous improvements in our library. Parents can be very supportive in making sure library books are well cared for and returned each week. It is disappointing to students not to be able to...
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Welcome back to school! Amazing changes are being made in our school library. Thanks to the dedication and hard work of parents we will have a computerized catalog and circulation system in our library as well as a reorganized collection! You may also access the catalog at home through the link on our school...
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Please, please, please return all library books before Friday. Reminder notices have been sent home with replacement costs. We appreciate reimbursement if the item has been lost. Please contact Ms. Tori to make arrangements. Keep your students reading this summer and earn prizes through the Mult. Co. Library Summer Reading program. Students that don’t...
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Please return all library books by this Friday, June 8th. Reminder notices will be coming home throughout this week. We appreciate reimbursement if a book has been lost. Don’t forget to keep track of student reading on the gameboards for the Multnomah Co. Summer Reading Program. Remember to adjust the rules to meet your...
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On Your Mark! Get Set! Start Reading! Gameboards are coming home today!! All Lewis students are enrolled and may start recording their reading time on June 1st. Game rules and parent information are included in the materials. Look for suggested activities and free events to keep your student reading over the summer. The game...
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Summer Reading 2007 at the Multnomah Country Library begins June 1st. The annual program encourages students to keep reading over the summer. It consists of a reading game in which kids keep track of their time spent reading to earn prizes. Participants may read on their own, be read to by someone else, or...
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Give Great Big Thanks to Anastasia Wlaschin-Wiest and her family for their donation of over 24 beautiful hardbound non-fiction books to our collection. Most of the books are from the I Wonder Why and National Geographic Nature Library series. Students are excited to check out these new treasures…look for them to be circulating soon....
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DEADLINE REMINDERS-The deadlines for the Reading Is An Investment and Young Reader’s Choice Awards are quickly approaching. The details for Reading Is An Investment can be found online at www.ost.state.or.us. Reading records must be completed and returned online or via mail by March 16, 2007. Participants receive prizes and are entered into a drawing...
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The Book Bonanza was a big success. Many teachers, students and their families made donations and cleared out many old books. Donations will go directly to the library. Mountains of appreciation go to our PTA Library Committee and especially to 5th grader Jakob Noguerola for hours donated helping prepare and cleanup the event. Way...
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The BIG BOOK BONANZA is this week! Friday, 12/1 (3pm-5pm) and Saturday, 12/2 (10am-Noon) A $5 donation allows you to choose a bag of books to take home. (Each additional bag $3). Hardcover, paperback, fiction, non-fiction – everything must go! Please come out to support your library!
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Please help your student remember to return library books each week. TUESDAY: DiCenzo, Parks, Ross, Davis. WEDNESDAY: Logue, Heinlein, Swan, Crouse. THURSDAY: Lee, Bennett, Gould, Keefer. Progress is being made in making our library more user friendly and preparing for computerization. Great Gobs of Appreciation to Vic Noguerola, Patsy Phillips, Bonnie Von Peggert, Kathy...
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Look for the Reading Is An Investment booklist and bookmark coming home today. Fifty scholarships from $250 to $1,000 will be awarded. Complete the program to enter the drawing. Some students will also be bringing home applications for a Multnomah County Library card. Please return the completed applications to school ASAP! We still need...
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Look for the yellow information flyer coming home today about the Reading Is An Investment program from the State Treasurer. This is a program to promote reading and teach about money and financial concepts. Completion of the program provides an opportunity to entered into a drawing win money for an Oregon College Savings Plan...
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Primary students have heard I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric Kimmel and some classes heard The Shelf Elf by Jackie Hopkins. Ms. DiCenzo’s class read the pictures of a Chinese edition of Stella Louella’s Runaway Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst. Third, fourth, and fifth grade classes are being introduced to Gooney...
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All classes have been discussing library behavior, the check-out process, and book care. Most of our new books are paperback and will need especially gentle care in order to last for future students. Clean Hands. No Food or Drink. Safe Place. 4th & 5th graders have been introduced to the Young Reader’s Choice Award...
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Hello.  My name is Tori Padellford.  The students call me Ms. Tori.  I am excited to meet each student in the library.   Each class will have one assigned library time per week.  I try to re-schedule classes for missed visits due to field trips or school holidays.  Please help your student remember to return their library...
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