Library News

APRIL 2024

Spring Reading Challenge

Students will participate in the Spring Reading Challenge during the Easter break. Look in your elementary child’s folder for all the information and reading logs. The winning grades will receive an extra recess and popsicles. All students who read and turn in reading logs will receive a coupon for a free kid’s meal from Canes.

Author Visit

Nancy N. Gates will be visiting us on May 10th! Don’t miss out on an opportunity to get an autographed copy of her picture book, "Sweet Denali Train Song." All aboard for a train trip to Denali National Park! Join in the adventure with epic dome cars, friendly conductors, and downright crazy bridge crossings. When at last you disembark, you’ll stand in the magic of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. Sweet Denali Train Song is a clickety-clack journey you’ll want to take over and over.

Reserve your copy by 9am on Friday, April 12. If you'd like to purchase autographed books, please follow the link (https://payit.nelnet.net/form/i04hEuAD) to make payment. The cost of each book is $17.99. If you would like to purchase a book for multiple children, please order separately using the same link. If you would like to purchase one book for your family, please include your family’s last name. The books will be delivered to students on May 10th when Nancy visits. If you order one copy for your family, the book will be delivered to your oldest child.

About the Author: The daughter of a Tennessee railroad man, author Nancy N. Gates fondly recalls family train adventures as a young child. She and her husband, Chris, raised their six children in Alaska and passed along the joy of train travel aboard the Alaska Railroad. Nancy has written and edited works for newspapers, magazines, anthologies, and Alaska travel guides. She co-authored "The Alaska Homesteader’s Handbook."

Celebrating Literacy

May is when we celebrate literacy! We will have "Drop Everything And Read", buddy reading, guest readers, a teacher swap, a story walk, a bookmark designing contest, a book character parade, and an author visit.

Past News

JANUARY 2024

Christmas Reading Challenge Results

During Christmas break, K-5th students were challenged to out-read the other grades in their bracket.

Winner for the K-2nd Bracket: 1st Grade
Winner for the 3rd-5th Bracket: 3rd Grade

The winning grades will receive a popcorn party. All students who turned in a reading log received a Cane's Chicken coupon for a free kid's meal.

Here are the minutes each grade read:

Kindergarten: 8,940 min.
1st Grade: 9,140 min.
2nd Grade: 8,040 min.
3rd Grade: 10,290 min.
4th Grade: 9,000 min.
5th Grade: 1,590 min.

Great job reading!

Story Glory Kids Book Fair

Our book fair was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who purchased books. If you would like to continue to purchase books with Story Glory please visit storyglorykids.com and use the MCS-Take10 code when you check out. Ten percent of your purchase will benefit MCS school libraries.

Helping Our Library Grow

Please consider checking out our Amazon wishlist and purchasing books for our MCS library:

Our Middle School Library Wishlist

Our Elementary Library Wishlist

DECEMBER 2023

2023 Christmas Reading Challenge

The Goal: The challenge is to out-read other grades in your bracket!

How does it work?: Read during Christmas break and record your reading on the reading log. You must completely fill out the reading log and include parent initials.

K-2nd grade will read for 20 minute intervals and 3rd-5th grade will read for 30 minute intervals. This makes tallying the total much simpler.
Return your log to your classroom teacher on January 3rd. Mrs. Johnson and her assistants will tally every grade's minutes. The grade that has the most minutes wins! There will be a K-2nd winner and a 3rd-5th winner.

What’s the prize? The winning grade will receive a popcorn party.

Learn more here.

4th/5th Grade Eagle Readers Club

The Eagle Readers Club meets once a month after school to discuss a book. This experience is social and a great way to motivate students to read, get them talking about books, and have them share ideas and perspectives. So far we have read "City of Ember" by Jeanine DuPrau and "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen.

Middle School Book Club