Ecco club is working with the library to recycle plastic lids. We would like to create a movable mosaic mural as a creation station in the Library. Please send any clean plastic lid to school for use in this project.
Kessler Library is also looking for donations of craft supplies. We are creating a creation station for students to express their creative ideas. We could use yarn, buttons, knitting needles, crochet hooks, craft foam, stamps, stamp pads, scrapbook paper, stickers, markers, colored pencils, and the list could continue. If you have any of these items that you would be willing to donate, please drop them off at the library.
June 1th is the 7th Annual Kessler Book Exchange. Students bring in your gently used books and trade them for “new to you” books to read over the summer. Here is how our Book Swap will work:
First, decide which of your gently used books would be good to pass on to another student. Books should meet the following criteria:
Second, bring donated books to school starting any time this week. (Bring to the library and check in with Mrs. Ratzlaff.) To avoid books being donated without permission, parents must sign a permission slip before books can be donated to the swap. Students should bring this slip with them when they donate the books. No child may swap books without a signed permission slip.
Once again I am issuing a reading challenge to the staff and students of Kessler School. Students have made tremendous gains in reading scores over the course of the year, but research shows that during the summer students stop the gradual increase in learning and actually loose three months worth of growth! It is recommended that students continue to read at least 20 minutes each day over the summer in order to maintain where they left on the last day of school. To encourage students to read over the summer I challenge them to read at least 6 books. Anyone who reads and logs the minimum of 6 books is invited to the celebration of reading party in September. We usually meet during lunch for our celebration which includes snacks, prizes and lots of fun. Reading logs need to be turned in to me, or the classroom teacher the first few days of school.
Remember you can purchase items online until November 24th! Items will be sent to the school shortly after that date. If these items are being purchased as gifts, please send me and email and I will make sure to keep the secret.
The library advisory committee is narrowing their long wish list of some fabulous items to purchase with the proceeds from the fair.
Kessler Library is looking for donations of Legos. We are creating a Lego center for students to explore math, science, and engineering. Regular size Legos and baseplates are needed for this center. The plan is to use technology to create stories that involve our creations. If you find that your child has left Legos on the floor to be stepped on, stick them in a Ziploc bag and send them into the Library! Keep checking the website to find out how our plan is evolving!