2016-17 Library Events Schedule

So, it's a work in progress still, but for now, this is the event schedule I'm going with for this school year.

PGM Media Center Events for the 2016-17 School Year...

August

• Summer Reading Ends August 8
• Summer Reading breakfast for students meeting 1000 minute goal
• Stargirl & accompanying activities
• Readers’ BINGO -- a reading game centered around non-fiction, in-class reading, newspapers, magazines...
• Chrome Crew - two students per homeroom to serve as media rep, be trained to help new students access online resources, take pictures, etc.
• Student library orientation
• MakerSpace opens

September

• Shelfies -- students take pictures of themselves and the book they’re reading, post to social media, tag PGM; random pics selected for prizes (Shelfie-sticks)
• Book Speed Dating -- during September, when classes come in to check out books, I’ll have a selection of books on tables for students to speed date.
• Library/Online Resources for Parents
• Sept. 9 - Wonderful Weirdos Day - display of weird books - students wear wacky socks
• Bring Breakfast & Browse Books -- a B4 school event -- open the library early one morning a month for parents to browse and have breakfast with their students - Sep. 24
• Constitution Week September 17-23 -- memorize the Preamble to the Constitution contest
• Parent Google Class
• CPIE Social Media Class
• Banned Books Week - Sep. 25-Oct. 1
• Lunch Bunch Reading Club: historical fiction

October

• World Card Making Day (to celebrate the week of October 5) -- have scrapbooking supplies out for students (at PGM and around LCS) to create cards that I will deliver
• Teen Read Week: Oct 18-24 -- Read for the Fun of It!
• MakerFest
• Book-to-Movie Event -- afterschool screening of (TBA) with popcorn and drinks
• Grab & Go Mystery book -- mystery, suspense, and other fall-themed books will be bagged up for students to choose randomly
• Lexile Training for Parents
• Bring Breakfast & Browse Books -- a B4 school event -- open the library early one morning a month for parents to browse and have breakfast with their students - Oct. 22
• Internet Safety PSA video contest for students - begins Oct. 3, videos due Oct. 24
• Lunch Bunch Reading Club: graphic novels
• Students “Caught Reading” to win a copy of the new Wimpy Kid book

November

• Book Fair November 7-11
• Social Media for Parents
• Origami Day -- have origami books on display, how-to videos streaming, and papers out for students to try their hand at folding
• I Mustache You to Checkout These Books -- Mustache PhotoBooth
• Game & Puzzle Week - Nov. 16-20 (though really celebrated during Thanksgiving week) - will have iPads, board games, card games, and computers setup for gaming/coding
• I Am Thankful For…
• Bring Breakfast & Browse Books -- a B4 school event -- open the library early one morning a month for parents to browse and have breakfast with their students - Nov. 19
• Announce PGM Film Festival (November)
• Wimpy Kid Book Release - Nov. 1

December

• National Cookie Day December 4 - students who visit and checkout books get a cookie
• PGM Film Festival -- book trailer voting
• Bring Breakfast & Browse Books -- a B4 school event -- open the library early one morning a month for parents to browse and have breakfast with their students  Dec. 17
• Book Quote Ornaments (11/30 - 12/4) - have cutouts and calligraphy pens out for students to write their favorite book quote on an ornament to hang on the media center Christmas tree
• Read holiday stories to PGE students

January

• Facebook Contest:  Find a Book with a face on it...Make it look like your face -- photo contest
• Bring Breakfast & Browse Books -- a B4 school event -- open the library early one morning a month for parents to browse and have breakfast with their students - Jan. 28
• Minecraft Contest (Pinterest)
• Second Half Reading Contest

February

• Digital Learning Day (date TBA) -- coding, robotics, etc...Maker Day in the Library
• Blind Date with a Book
• Bring Breakfast & Browse Books -- a B4 school event -- open the library early one morning a month for parents to browse and have breakfast with their students - Feb. 25
• World Read Aloud Day - February 24 - collaborate with other LCS and schools around Georgia to continuously read aloud
• Begin collecting titles for March Madness and setup brackets

March

• March Madness
• Teen Tech Week - app board for students to share their favorite apps, QR code scavenger hunt in the library
• Bring Breakfast & Browse Books -- a B4 school event -- open the library early one morning a month for parents to browse and have breakfast with their students - Mar. 24
• Read Across America Day/Dr. Seuss’ Birthday - March 2

April

• National Library Week - April 10-16
• National Poetry Month
• Poetry Cafe -- setup in Reading Room for classes to participate in poetry readings
• Poem in Your Pocket
• Bring Breakfast & Browse Books -- a B4 school event -- open the library early one morning a month for parents to browse and have breakfast with their students - Apr. 21

May

• Wrap Up Year-Long Reading Challenge - Lunch in the Library
• Book Exchange Party - bring a gift wrapped book to participate
• Kick off Summer Reading Challenge

August 2016

Well, here's to the kick off of another school year! I'm still working on my month-by-month planning guide, but when I've finished it, I'll post it here to share as well.

Pine Grove Middle School will kick off the 2016-17 school year with a school-wide reading of the book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. Following up on last year’s read, Wonder, the theme of Stargirl encourages students to be themselves and accept others just as they are.

“For years the strangers among us had passed sullenly in the hallways; now we looked, we nodded, we smiled. If someone got an A, others celebrated, too. If someone sprained an ankle, others felt the pain. We discovered the color of each other’s eyes. It was a rebellion she led, a rebellion for rather than against. For ourselves.”

Our hashtag for the year is #BeAStar, and we hope the book will encourage unity, acceptance, and community among our students and faculty.

Day 1 - All Math teachers on campus will read with their classes pages 1-21

Day 2 - All ELA teachers on campus will read with their classes pages 22-42

Day 3 - All Science teachers on campus will read with their classes pages 43-61

Day 4 - All Social Studies teachers on campus will read with their classes pages 62-84

Day 5 - All Connections teachers on campus will read with their classes pages 85-105

Day 6 - All Math teachers on campus will read with their classes pages 106-128

Day 7 - All ELA teachers on campus will read with their classes pages 129-151

Day 8 - All Science teachers on campus will read with their classes pages 152-166

Day 9 - All Social Studies teachers on campus will read with their classes pages 167-186

Day 10 - All homerooms - Each student will create a “Keep-Your-Chin-Up” card (p. 188) to a teacher (past or present), a PGM Staff Member, or a friend.

The reading incentive for the first nine weeks in Reading Bingo.  

Here's a copy of the card I'm using.

Students have through October 6 to score BINGO and win a treat!

There were ten students who met the Summer Reading Challenge of reading 1000 minutes over summer break.  Using biblionasium.com worked really well and I'll be glad when it's integrated into the Destiny platform in August. Students had through the first Monday of the first full week of school to log their minutes and breakfast is scheduled for Friday, August 12:  Chick-fil-A chicken minis and fruit, Zacadoo's breakfast cups, and Daylight Donuts.