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Farewell
to a great school and a great year
As many of you have heard I am
retiring at the end of this school year. I have had some really wonderful
experiences here at Owyhee-Harbor. I will really miss all of you. I
sincerely want to thank you all for the support you have given me. Ms.
Susan Hotinger from Cole Elementary will be coming over next year. She is
such a talented marvelous person, I’m sure all will be extremely
happy to have her. “Check her out @ the library”.
AR book quizzes
Thanks
to the generosity of our students and parents, we have purchased many new
quizzes for our new additions to the library as well as some titles we have
had shelved for a while. Many have requested quizzes for books and we try
to honor those requests as money permits. If however you wish to purchase a
quiz for the school, it is very nominal in cost and the quizzes remain
permanently on our database for all to take. Check out the updated AR lists
by following the links on this website.
Missing library books
Help!
The library is missing many books! Please help us find those lost books.
With your spring cleaning, look to see if you have any Owyhee
books laying around and return them to the school. Thanks so much.
Young
Reader's Choice
Again this year, our students in the Fourth through Sixth grades will be
hearing about and encouraged to read selections from the Pacific
Northwest's Young Reader's Choice nominee list. This is quality literature
chosen by students, teachers, and librarians across the Pacific
Northwest to vie for the prestigious Young Reader's Choice
Award.
Voting is completed for the 2008 YRC junior division.
This year’s winner is:
A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray by Ann Martin
Start reading this summer for these new YRC nominees.
Copies of these titles are available in our library.
Nominees for the 2009 YRC are as follows:
- Room One: A Mystery of
Two by
Andrew Clements
- The Miraculous Journey of
Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
- The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
- Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
- Rules by Cynthia Lord
- Gossamer by Lois Lowry
- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan
Patron
- To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel
<>Our school will vote for their favorite next spring.
Bookmarks and books are available in the library for check out and reading.
Fun things to do!
Hobbies? Got a good hobby? If not, why not start one. This month the
USPS is celebrating Stamp Collecting. Great site to begin with: http://www.upps.gov .
Pop up some popcorn! Spread a sheet out over the dining table, set up a
popcorn popper in the center and prepare with oil and corn, BUT leave the
top off. Pop corn and enjoy the fun of watching it jump. Nation Popcorn
Month is this month.
Web sites:
Other sites that may be of interest:
Children's Magazine Month: check out this site - http://www,childmagmonth.org
. Inspire your child to read by promoting monthly magazines.
National Go on a Field Trip Month: http://www.fieldtripfactory.com
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