Welcome to Mt. Vernon Elementary School

Welcome! 

Each Week your child will visit the media center for instruction and book selection. Instruction emphasizes literature appreciation, library and research skills to enhance the learning, and the promotion of intellectual and personal interests. Throughout the year, the teachers and the library media specialist collaborate on additional instruction to support the curriculum.

  In addition to the classroom instruction, students are also given the time to select books to check out and take home. Books are checked out for one week at a time and must be returned before additional books may be checked out. Students may return books at any time and may check out books before school from 8:30 to 8:45, at the end of the day before 3:00, and during their scheduled class time.

Library News

HAPPY SUMMER READING FROM YOUR LIBRARY! 

Thank you Spring Book Fair volunteers!

We had a Spectacular Spring Scholastic Book Fair the week of May 5th. The One for Books program during the Book Fair was able to raise over $250.00 for children in distressed situations. In addition, Scholastic matched the amount we raised which allowed me to buy over $250.00 worth of new books for the school library. Look for our new books in the fall!

           Our school once again participated in the Virginia Young Readers Program sponsored by the State to encourage reading aloud and to expose children to new and different authors. Our school voted as our favorite in grades K-3, Once Upon a Time, the End by Geoffrey Kloske and in grades 3-5, Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde. Each year the children and I really enjoy reading aloud the new authors and titles highlighted in this special program.

 Suggested Summer Reading Choices:

http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices.html 

Discover fun, easy ways to keep reading throughout the summer at www.scholastic.com/summerreading/ 

      Learning Beyond the Classroom is a site designed to help children and teens continue to build their literacy learning outside of school. The site includes booklists, reading logs, book review podcasts, and best practices videos to help caregivers make the most of summer reading and writing opportunities. Visit www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer

Happy Reading, Mrs. Armstrong

Things to Remember:

• Please remember to return and/or renew library materials on your regular library day.

• Books may be renewed for up to 3 weeks.

• A student may place a hold on an item, but that is not a guarantee that he/she will receive the book immediately.

• No fines are assessed for late books.

• Payment for lost or damaged books is expected. The fee will be the replacement cost for a new or similar book. Check
  should be made payable to Mt. Vernon Elementary School. Refunds for books found at a later date in good condition will be made.

We are always adding new titles to the library collection. 
Take time to check out the new titles that have arrived.

Are you searching for an AR title that MVE Library does not own? Access the York County Public Library’s web site. Check the on-line catalog for available library materials. If you have a valid library card you can renew and place holds on library material.

http://www.yorkcounty.gov/library/

I would like to assist you in any way possible, so please feel free to contact me.

Here are Patch and Smokey, Mrs. A’s pooches.