Tuesday, May 5, 2015

District Library Newsletter - Important End of Year Dates, Summer Reading, and More

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End of the Year Dates for Libraries

The end of the school year is right around the corner, and it's time to think about having all of our books and materials returned to the libraries.  Remember that staff and students may use Overdrive and Flipster to read books and magazines during times libraries are closed and all summer long!
Due Dates
  • May 13, All Senior High School students must have their overdue materials turned in or replaced, or they will not be able to participate in graduation.
  • May 22All student books due back.
  • June 4Staff should have most, if not all, materials returned by this date.
  • June 5, all library materials due back by staff.  Curriculum items only need to be returned to coaches if you are moving grade levels or leaving district.
Other Dates
  • May 15, Last Day for students to check out materials from library.
  • May 26-May 29, Elementary paraprofessionals will be preforming inventory and will not be available to classes.
  • June 1-5, Students in grades 3-11, in good standing and with note from parent, may check out books from libraries to take home for summer.

Summer Reading!

Students can check out books for summer
Students in grades 3-11 are invited to check out books the last week of school to take home and read during the summer.  All we ask is that the student have no current overdue books, have a signed permission slip, and return them back to any Menasha school library by Friday, September 4th.  Students can even exchange books during summer school hours at Clovis, Maplewood, and Menasha High School libraries.  Please share these with your students.

Read All Summer with Overdrive & Flipster
Students and Staff can read all summer long without having to leave their house!  Lots of great books and magazines are available!
Overdrive - Read or Listen to books.  Students use student id number and employees can get their library card number from library paraprofessionals.
Flipster - Read popular magazines.  High School Level Magazines: Username: menasha Password: blue jay      Middle School Level Magazines: Username: mwoodmiddle Password: ebsco       Elementary Level Magazines: Username: clovisgrove  Password: ebsco

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Popular Books on Overdrive

Girl on the Train
Upper High School/Adult
Jess sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
Go Set A Watchman
Place a Hold Now.  Book released July 14
Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.

The Bell Between Worlds

Middle School/Lower High School
Half of your soul is missing.The lost part is in the mirror.And unless Sylas Tate can save you, you will never be whole again. Sylas Tate leads a lonely existence since his mother died. But then the tolling of a giant bell draws him into another world known as the Other, where he discovers not only that he has an inborn talent for the nature-influenced magic of the Fourth Way, but also that his mother might just have come from this strange parallel place.

 








A Dragon's Guide to Care and Feeding of Humans
Elementary/Lower Middle
 
Crusty dragon Miss Drake has a new pet human, precocious Winnie. Oddly
enough, Winnie seems to think Miss
Drake is her pet--a ridiculous notion! 
Fans of How to Train Your Dragon 
will love this whimsical tale, the first in a series,
by a  Newbery Honor winner, featuring charming  illustrations and
pet "training tips" in each chapter. 

Are You Ready to Rock?

Stay TUNED for more information about next school year's district wide reading incentive for staff and students......READ LIKE A ROCK STAR!



 

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