Catching Up Again

Oh dear! I've gotten behind on this blog again! Please forgive me. Here's what's coming up this week at the library:

• For parents --- Please plan to stay after the PFC meeting on Tuesday morning (Oct. 21) for a library parent education session. I will fill you in on the library's print and online resources. You will learn how to take advantage of the "virtual library" online to access the school library catalog, Accelerated Reader information, quality research links, and other valuable information sources to help your children succeed with their reading and school work. This session will take place immediately after the PFC meeting in the library.
• Lindero Out Loud -- will meet in the library on Friday (Oct. 24) during 6th/7th grade lunch. Miss Collins will get us ready for Halloween by reading scary stories. Space is limited and is first come, first serve. Come by the library to sign up and get a raffle prize ticket.
• The L.A. County Library is holding a bookmark contest, and we have forms for it our library. The deadline to submit them to the County Library is October 23. Turn them in at our library by October 22, and we will make them into bookmarks and take them to the County Library for you.
  

Lindero Out Loud Meets Friday

The library will host the first "Lindero Out Loud" during 6th/7th grade lunch this Friday. All 6th and 7th graders are invited to come spend lunch in the library and hear our guest reader, Mrs. Firestone, do a great read aloud. We will have a raffle drawing after the reading. To attend, come by the library to sign up and get a ticket.

First Book Club Meeting Friday

Sixth and seventh graders are invited to the first meeting of our library book club on Friday during lunch. We will play a "get acquainted" book game, talk about book club plans, and have raffle prizes. All sixth and seventh graders are invited.

The library phone is finally working! You can reach me at 889-2134 ext. 8. Extension 230 still works, but 8 is shorter :)

Library News for Week of September 15

The library has now completed all sixth grade orientations, and students are coming to the library for independent visits before school, during lunch, and after school.

• The library will be closed before school on Tuesday due to a staff meeting and will be open before school Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week.
• The library will be open for 6th/7th grade lunch Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
• The library book club will have its first meeting in the library during 6th/7th grade lunch on Friday.
  
• The library will be open every day after school this week.

Unfortunately, the library phone is still not installed. To contact me at the library, please send an email or leave a message with the main office.

News Update

All seventh and eighth graders visited the library Sept. 2 and 3 to check out books, and we began sixth grade orientations on Sept. 4. Each sixth grade class visits for two periods to learn about the library and then check out books. All sixth graders will have visited by September 12. We plan to also be open before school (at 8:15 A.M.), lunch, after school (until 3:45 P.M.), and for Accelerated Reader quizzes after school on Wednesday, Sept. 10. If you are a new seventh or eighth grader, please be sure to watch the online library orientation to learn all about how the library and our Accelerated Reader program work. Parents are also welcome to watch the orientation for more information about the library.

Unfortunately, the library telephone is still not functioning, so please contact me with any questions by email at jlofton@lvusd.org.

Welcome back!

Welcome to the 2008-2009 school year. I look forward to seeing all Lindero's students in the library often this year for reading, research, and exciting programs.

This year, the library will be in new temporary quarters. Due to the move, we have a lot to do to get it organized before we can open. I will keep you posted here of the exact date we are able to open. In the meantime, please take advantage of our brand new library webpage for ideas for reading, to access our computer catalog, and learn more about the library. If you have bookmarked our old library page, please change your bookmark to our new site, since I will no longer be updated the old site.

Since I am not sure whether the library telephone will be working the first week of school, you can email if you have any questions.

Summer Reading

As the long, hot days of summer stretch before us, please take some leisure time to enrich your summer with great reading. Incoming seventh graders who read during the summer will earn one point per book (up to 20 points) for extra credit in their language arts classes in September. Both seventh and eighth graders may also take Accelerated Reader quizzes on these books. Use the Summer Reading form to keep track of your reading.

For some reading ideas, please check the library's 2008 Summer Reading Recommendations. You certainly aren't limited to these books; they are just some of the books I have read myself and enjoyed or for which I have heard great recommendations.There are also more reading ideas on the Lindero Library web page (check the "More Links to Great Books" link) as well as a searchable version of the Accelerated Reader list that also enables you to view summaries of each book.

If you have any questions about reading or the library over the summer, do feel free to contact me by email. I will respond to all queries within a few days.