Family Read Night 

Thank you to all the families who participated in our first Family Read Night!

We had over 100 people attend our library!

It was a fun and successful event for all.

Keep on reading!

Young patrons bring parents to their new library!

First class in the new library!

Mrs. Irvine giving the tour to kindergarten.

350 students participated in the Book Character Dress Costume day! 

CYRM

California Young Reader Medal books

Introduction of the 2010 California Young Reader Medal Nominees
to be read over the next weeks.
Our students will join hundreds of thousands of children
across the state in voting for their favorite books
in these categories--

Picture Book Category for All Grades:
"A Frog Thing" by Eric Drachman
"Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners" by Laurie Keller
"My Life as a Chicken" by Ellen Kelly
"Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly" by Alan Madison
"Millie Waits for the Mail" by Alexander Steffensmeier
       

Picture Books for Older Readers Category for Third thru Sixth Grades:
"Armando and the Blue Tarp School" by Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson
"Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch" by Mona Kirby
"Willy & Max: a Holocaust Story" by Amy Littlesugar
   

Intermediate Category for  Fourth and Fifth Graders to Read Independently:
"No Talking" by Andrew Clements
"A Friendship for Today" by Patricia C. McKissack
"A Crooked Kind of Perfect" by Linda Urban
   

Elementary Library Hours: Monday - Friday   9:00am-3:00pm

Classes scheduled each day: 

Monday: Kindergarten  Miss De Hoog 10:30-11:10   Mrs. Bons 1:00-1:40    Mrs. Ritzema  2:00-2:40

Tuesday:  Third grade  Mrs Westra  9:10-9:40   First grade Miss Kok  10:45-11:30   Mrs Bommelje  12:30-1:10   Mr VandenBerg 2:00-2:40

Wednesday  Second grade  Miss Miedema 9:10-9:40   Mrs Compaan  10:05-10:45   Mrs Hooyer  10:50-11:30  

 Third grade   Mrs VH/Janzen 12:40-1:15   Mrs. Gilbert  2:00-2:40

Thursday:  Fourth Grade   Ms De Witt  9:20-10:00   Miss Flietstra  10:20-11:00  Miss Tazelaar  11:05-11:45 

Fifth grade Mr. VanderHelm   1:30-2:10                               Mrs. Hoftyzer  12:45-1:25

Friday:  Sixth grade  Mrs. Cardoza  9:25-10:05    Mr. Kornelis  11:20-12:00    Mr. Branderhorst  1:30-2:10  

Fifth grade  Mrs. Wierenga  2:15-2:55