Schoolwide+Support+Team+Activities+and+Notes


 * Fall Book Fair**- delivery set for September 16, 2010- switched to Crane Book Sales from Scholastic because Scholastic did not uphold their agreement to book fair dates set and confirmed by Mrs. Hayes in January of last year. **Grandparents Week** was celebrated in conjunction with the book fair by inviting grandparents to lunch each day and to shop the fair afterward. The fair was a success! Even though less actual sales were recorded, due to the higher percentage profit rate Crane gives, the LMC profit was higher than last year at same time when we were using Scholastic. Profit was $2423.17. There was a large turnout of parents and grandparents for lunches each day.
 * Outdoor Classroom Dedication** - October 18, 2010. Large attendance. Mrs. Queen coordinated. All special services and resource teachers helped by manning activity booths, taking pictures, and working concessions.
 * Library Media and Music classes** coordinated classes for a study of The Nutcracker during the week of December 12- Mrs. Hayes' s 3rd grade library media classes made **nutcrackers** from toilet paper tubes and studied the book and it's history. Mrs. Queen's Music classes studied the ballet of **The Nutcracker Suite**. Third grade planned to attend the ballet of the story. **Students also learned about customs of the countries mentioned in the story.**
 * Library Media** Specialist, Mrs. Hayes, periodically provides websites for teachers with instructions and tutorials demonstrating how to initegrate digital media into the classroom activities/lessons.
 * Spring Book Fair** held through Crane Book Sales Feb. 11-17. Profit was $1943.33. Lunches with Someone You Love brought parents and others in to shop with their children during lunch periods. Fair also opened on WATCHDOG kick off night and had a good number of Dads stop by to shop. Money raised from both book fairs combined goes to pay for our annual author visit, tech support for the automation program and sneak peek, magazine subscriptions and a few new books.
 * WATCHDOGS** kick off February 15
 * Read Across America** is celebrated schoolwide the week of February 28- March 4, 2011. Daily activities are planned through the library media center. Monday, Feb. 28 is Hopscotch into School with //Hop on Pop//; Tuesday, Mar. 1 is Crazy Sock Day for //Fox in Socks//; Wednesday, Mar. 2 is Dr. Seuss's birthday and //Wacky Wednesday// Backwards Day; Thursday, Mar. 3 is //Cat in the Hat// Outrageous Hat Day; Friday, Mar. 4 is //The Sleep Book// Pajama Day.
 * Author Visit** is scheduled for April 27, 2011 with Pam Calvert from Texas. Pam writes fairy tales, chapter fiction, folktales, and math related stories. All classes will visit the LMC for a 45 minutes session and presentation.
 * National Library Week** is in April. More info. to follow.
 * Children's Book Week** is in May. More info. to follow.
 * Jump Rope for Heart**
 * Yearbook**