MRS. BINKER'S BOOK BEAT
Our Library is a very busy place!

We just recently concluded the annual 8th Grade Scrabble Tournament during lunch in the library. March Madness brackets have nothing on us! 35 eighth graders participated this year. You are welcome to stop in the library and view our bracket. Tyler Hoagland and Mike Hanes defeated Rachel Jackson and Lauren Dundore for the championship. Congrats to all who joined in this fun and educational activity!

General Mills Boxtops for Education

We are happy to announce the winners of our Spring Homeroom contest. Congratulations to 8B! They collected over 3,000 boxtops (Mrs. Binker stopped counting at 3,000)! Each boxtop is worth $.10, so they actually contributed over $300.00 to our library fund so we can purchase new books. As a thank you to 8B, they were treated to a pizza lunch by Mrs. Binker. Thank you to all who sent in boxtops for this contest. Our next contest will be in the fall. Keep clipping over the summer!

Preschool Storytime
Our preschool storytime was treated to a special speaker in March. Mrs. Linda Stoner, Children's Librarian at the Simpson Public Library came and did a presentation on this year's "Pennsylvania One Book Every Young Child" selection "Whose Shoes?" by Stephen R. Swinburne. All children attending received a complimentary copy of the book donated by The Friends of the Simpson Library. Any child entering kindergarten in the fall of 2011 is welcome to join us. Please call the school at 766-2564, or email Mrs. Binker to register.

Other News
Our Spring Scholastic Book Fair was held February 24 -March 1 . The library made $1342.72 in cash and over $800.00 in Scholastic dollars to be redeemed for free books. Students visited the fair during their scheduled library time. All cash proceeds will be used to purchase new books for our SJS library. You can visit our web page for moe information. http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/stjosephcschool

Grade 1 is learning about the Caldecott Award and how important illustrations are to a story. Randolph Caldecott's birthday was March 22nd.

Grade 3 will be reading a very special story this month called 'Make a Wish Molly" by Barbara Cohen. It is a sequel to our Thanksgiving story about Jewish Pilgrims coming to America. In this story we will learn about Passover.

Grade 4 students are reading biographys for this trimester's book report. As a class in library, we are reading "Being Teddy Roosevelt" by Claudia Mills and then they will particiapte in the 2nd annual "Biography Luncheon" on April 13 in the library.

Grade 5 is reading "Dead Man in Indian Creek" by Mary Downing Hahn. The kids are really enjoyng this mystery.

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