Upcoming Book Fair

To all school community:

The Scholastic Book Fair I had mentioned in my last Blog is just a month away!!  The dates of the fair are December 5-9 , 2011.  I am looking for volunteers to help run the fair during the school hours on Monday, December 5th, through Friday, December 9th.  Also, I like to leave the fair Open for families to come in after school dismissal, closing at 4:00p.m.  The Sign-Up sheet will be coming home again today to each family, in the Wednesday packet.  Please consider volunteering to help during some of the book fair hours.  When you arrive to help, you will sign in at the office, and in the Volunteer Folder, and come to Room 12 where the Book Fair is to be held.  Your duties will include helping the students with selections, helping at the cashier table, and helping to straighten the area.
Last  Wednesday a  sheet  inadvertently  went home with the classroom  schedule from last year's  January book fair.     Please disregard that particular sheet with January dates.  The Book Fair this school year will be in December!
A 'thank you' to those three parents who have already filled in volunteer times.
Please look for the volunteer sheet and return it to your child's teacher or the front office.
I will be calling each volunteer the week before the book fair in December, to confirm date and times.
Thank you,

Mrs. Sawczyn

SLCS Library Updates

The library circulation is going well with students utilizing the resources available.
It is rewarding to see their enthusiasm..
The annual book fair has been scheduled for the week of December 5-9, 2011. So mark your calendars!!
We will be using Scholastic Book Fair again this year.
There will be sign-up for volunteers several weeks in advance.  Please note that you must have Safe Environment training.
The monthly PTP meeting is this Thursday, September 15th, in the Parish Hall at 7:00p.m.
This Parent Teacher Partnership is very important to our school.  Please plan to attend the short meeting starting at 6:00p.m. in the Parish Hall to discuss joining the PTP. This starts at 6:00p.m.!

Let's keep our children reading good books.  Thank you.

St. Luke Catholic School Library

Welcome to the St. Luke Catholic School Library for 2011-2012! The library is now OPEN for circulation, and indeed your students have been checking out library books already.
I am excited to be back in the position of Library Manager. I work part-time and see that the format for library use is carried out on a weekly basis.
All classes visit the SLCS library either once a week, or once every two weeks, depending on the grade level.  The library schedule is as follows:

prek 3 & 4     have story time on Friday mornings
Kindergarten visits the library every Tuesday 
1/2 Grades     visit the library every Friday
3/4 Grades     visit the library every Monday
5th Grade       visits the library every Wednesday
6th Grade   visits the library every 2 weeks on Tues.
7th Grade   visits the library every 2 weeks on Wed.
8th Grade   visits the library every 2 weeks on Tues.
                                                                             
St. Luke Catholic School library has multiple book titles in both Fiction and Non-Fiction, a Religion section, with saint biographies, Bibles, and information on the Catholic Church, a Reference section, and two computers for teachers' use.  There are numerous titles for prek through 8th Grade reading levels. Students check out one or two books according to grade level.
St. Luke's holds an annual book fair to encourage reading and for fundraising toward the purchase of library books and materials. There will be more information on this in the coming weeks.
Thank you and I look forward to this year.

Mrs. Sawczyn, Library Manager