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Volunteers Needed for our Scholastic Book Fair!

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Scholastic Book Fair 3/19-3/23

Come to the Fair!

Our Annual Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the Library Media classroom.

Each classroom will come to the Fair during their regularly scheduled Media class times, with the exception of Mrs. Cronin’s class (Wed. 9:35) and Mr. Duffy’s class (Tues. 1:30)

Book Fair dates: Monday March 19 – Friday March 23

Shopping hours:  8:30 – 3:30 Mon., Tues., Wed., and Thurs.   8:30 – Noon Friday.

Special activities: Family Night on Tues. March 20 from 3:30 – 6:00

Before you visit the Book Fair, be sure to download the Book Fairs app to help you find the right books for your child. For more information, visit: scholastic.com/apps/bookfairs.

Shop Online!

If you are unable to attend the Fair in person, we invite you to visit our online Book Fair Spofford Pond Schools Book Fair Homepage.  Our online Fair is available from March 14 to March 24.   All profits from online sales are added to the Book Fair total sales.

Library Book Loan Policies

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Last week in Media, all students were given the opportunity to explore the thousands of books available in our school library.  Gr. 3 and new students learned how check out books and what our school’s Library Book Loan Policies are (see below).

We all read at different speeds and in different ways (one book at a time, a few books at a time, etc).
 
We believe that our policies honor these differences by giving students the opportunity to make their own independent book choices.  Our policies also provide our teaching staff with flexibility to assign their students library books that support specific curriculum needs in a timely and accommodating way.
 
Library Cards
All Spofford students and staff are issued a library card and account.
Responsibility
Students are responsible for the books on their record and will determine when they no longer need a book within the 30-day loan period.  Students with books on their records past the 30 day loan period will be instructed to return these books in a timely fashion.
Loan Periods
A month is the general rule of thumb for books that are being used for classroom studies and personal reading.  Parents will be notified  via a notice with information about any overdue student library books on their child’s account.
Holds
Should a book be requested by another patron, a hold will be placed on the book as well as a flag on the patron’s account. This will notify us that the book is being requested by another patron.
Returns
Students may return a book to the library at any time.  They do not have to wait for their library media class day.  The book drop boxes are located both inside and outside the library at the entrance.
Renewals
Books are to be returned to the library when the student no longer needs them within a 30 day loan period.  The 30 day loan period is usually sufficient time for most students to read a book, thus eliminating the need for renewals.  Exceptions are made for books required for classroom assignments.
Censorship Policy
We believe that giving students independent selection of library books fosters the student’s confidence in his or her own curiosity and interests. Therefore we do not censor, or direct, their selections.

 If a parent or guardian objects to a book that their child has checked out from the library, they are encouraged to have the student return the book in the Book Drop Box the next school day and to check out a more suitable book.

 There are district policies and procedures in place for book and/or material challenges. Parents should please contact the library and/or the principal’s office with any major issues or concerns about library books.

 

Library Media Volunteers

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14  members of our school community have volunteered to help out in the Media classroom at Spofford Pond School this year!

A big nod of appreciation goes out to the following people who will help keep our Media classroom running smoothly for all of its many users.

Laurie Cantalupo, Judi Wulf, Heidi Zeltsar, Judy Werner, Russ Fiore, Megan Pietropaolo, Danielle O’Heir, Lisa Melillo, Britta Anderson, Melissa Scheirey, Robyn Riley, Barb Klanderman, Jill Fogarty and Janine Fraser.

 

 

Return Your Library Books, Please!

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All school library books loaned to students are due back before the end of the school year.

In order to facilitate the timely return of books to our library, the last day for students to borrow books from the library will be Friday, May 27th.

Students will be receiving a printout of books checked out under their library accounts the first week of June.  Be sure to look for it in BackPack Mail!

Homeroom teachers will also be given a copy of student book loan reports in order to facilitate in the timely return of library books.

You can help your student  by checking in all of the usual, as well as the UNUSUAL places a book may be!  The car?  The vacation house?  Between the bedroom wall and the bed (a very common place for library books to “hide out”.  ; )

 

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Thank you!

Ms. Boulay

Book Club

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Book Club

The Spofford Pond School Book Club is a perennially popular PTA program.  Spofford familibookclubes may choose to honor a special event in their member’s lives, such as a child’s birthday, by donating a book to our school library.You may hear the program referred to as the “Birthday Book Club”, as most of the donations we receive are in honor of students’ birthdays; however, we have received donations in honor of milestones in a student’s reading achievement, or, as another example, in honor of a grandparent’s love of children’s literature.

Every few months, a letter will go home to students whose birthdays are approaching, to remind families of this program, including specific instructions as to how our program works.  Should you wish to donate a book in honor of something other than a student’s  birthday, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will provide a donation form for you.  bboulay@boxfordschools.orgWe are so grateful that the Book Club program has consistently generated over $1000 a year in income in which to purchase many new books that our students are most interested in reading.

Seeing a bookplate with their name and and special message in the first page of a new library book is very exciting to Spofford Pond students.

The entire Spofford Pond School community is encouraged to suggest books to purchase for our Book Club book selection cart.  There are so many books being published each and every day, that it literally takes a village to create and maintain a relevant and inspiring lending collection on our library shelves.

Please email us here at the library to find out more about this PTO sponsored program.  bboulay@boxfordschools.org

We will see that all of your inquiries are forwarded to our PTO Book Club volunteer.

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