Whew! What a Day!

Today in the Elementary Library, a record was set for circulation. Total checkouts for today was 533. Never before had it reached 500 on a daily checkout. Students were busy checking out books for last minute research and for AR testing. They are well aware that tomorrow is the last day for Accelerated Reader testing for the year so it was a busy place. With this many checkouts, it can only mean one thing. I have this many books to put back on shelves. The library is a mess but at least the students are reading. It was also busy at the seconday library. The students are working on research projects. With the library being closed most of the year, research that is mainly done in March is just getting under way. Students will have to cram to be able to get all work finished before the grades close for the year.

Who Will Be Top Readers?

On Tuesday, May 1st, at 2:00 p. m. is the final cut-off for the Accelerated Reader Program for the year. Pictured at left are the 5th Six Weeks Top Readers. Students with the most AR points at each grade level will be the top readers for the year and will receive either a bike or a 1GB IPOD shuffle. Students may continue testing in AR until the end of the year but the points will be added to the next year's total. The winners will be recognized during the end-of-year assembly on the last week of school.

AR 100 Point Club

Friday, students that have accumulated 100 + points in Accelerated Reader were rewarded with lunch at Subway. The Librarian and her assistant accompanied the students. Afterwards, they were treated to ice cream at Dairy Queen.

3rd Grade Assembly

On Wednesday, 3rd Grade students and teachers honored the Librarian during their assembly in recognition of National Library Week. Librarian is pictured in the center with a plaque that was presented to her and a dozen red roses. Pictured also are library assistants. Students read poems and recognized all the work the librarian does for all students.

Class Visits

On Monday, the Pre-K and Kinder classes visited the library in celebrating National Library Week. The Librarian read Joe Haye's new book The Gum Chewing Rattler and Grandma Spoils Me. The students were very attentive and enjoyed the visit to the library.

National Library Week

Benavides Elementary will be celebrating National Library Week later than the appointed period due to TAKS testing. The Librarian will read recently acquired books from the TLA convention to all classes this week.

Accelertated Top Readers will be recongnized during the monthly assembly on Thursday and the students in the AR 100 Point Club will be rewarded with lunch at Subway's.

2007 TLA

This year the TLA (Texas Library Association) convention was held in San Antonio, Texas. I always enjoy the convention when it is held in this city. The Riverwalk was especially nice due to the agreeable April weather. The most memorable part of attending is always the author book signings. These require that I wait in long lines.