McKelvie Library News Blog

Congratulations Meagan! Meagan, a fifth grader, located the 7th “Golden Ticket” of the school year just yesterday. Please click HERE to see Meagan, her “Golden Ticket”, and her prize. Read away, Meagan! There are only 3 “Golden Tickets” left. Amy Poisson (McKelvie Enrichment Teacher) and Julie Cote (McKelvie Librarian) are excited to offer a new opportunity for students, our first ever before-school book club! The book we have chosen is a 2018-2019 Great Stone Face Nominee by popular Maine author, Andrew Clements. The title of our selection is The Losers Club. Registration opens on Friday, September 28, 2018, at 5:00 pm . You may click the registration link below. This club will accept 25 students and registrants will be notified via the provided parent/guardian email address. The club will begin on Thursday, October 11th and ends the last week in November. McKelvie Before-School Book Club Registration Form

Yeah for Sarah! Sarah found the 6th “Golden Ticket” of the school year in a nonfiction book she is reading! Be sure to click HERE for a picture of Sarah, her “Golden Ticket”, the book she found it in, and her prize. Happy reading, Sarah! Amy Poisson (McKelvie Enrichment Teacher) and Julie Cote (McKelvie Librarian) are excited to offer a new opportunity for students, our first ever before-school book club! The book we have chosen is a 2018-2019 Great Stone Face Nominee by popular Maine author, Andrew Clements. The title of our selection is The Losers Club. Registration opens on Friday, September 28, 2018, at 5:00 pm. To access the registration link, go to the McKelvie website and click on the Library tab. Scroll down to “Library News" and look for the post that says "Before-School Book Club Registration Information" This club will accept 25 students and registrants will be notified via the provided parent/guardian email address. The club will begin on October 11th and ...

Congratulations to Tommy, a 6th grader at McKelvie, who found the 5th “Golden Ticket.” Click HERE to see Tommy, his “Golden Ticket” and reading prize! The McKelvie Library continues to remain a busy place with students relaxing and reading. We have had hour-long library overviews to introduce and reacquaint the students with the physical layout, Destiny Discover (our search interface), policy and procedures, and the over 100 new books we have acquired! Ask your child if he/she has visited their school library! So far 18 classes have come through. Susan Cavanaugh, our Technology Integration Teacher, and I just finished Chromebook Overview lessons for all students! Please make sure that you help your child be a great digital citizen when they are using their school Google account at home. Parents and students should have reviewed and returned the McKelvie Student Chromebook Contract agreement that was sent home. This document outlines all of the student expectations/safety guide...

Right before the first day of school 10 "Golden Tickets" were placed inside the pages of various books in the McKelvie Library. Click HERE to see one of the signs promoting the McKelvie  "Golden Tickets." This is done as a fun way to get the students to browse our book selection and encourage checkout. There have been four students who have checked out or browsed for books containing these "Golden Tickets" during our first 8 days of school. The following students have been awarded a $5.00 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble! Congratulations to Eric and Anabelle who both found  "Golden Tickets" on Sept. 4th! Congratulations also to Leeanna and Lilly who both found tickets on Sept. 5th. Keep reading and looking for the "Golden Tickets" when you visit the McKelvie Library. There are 6 more tickets remaining!  Have a great weekend! ~ 📚Mrs. Cote 

Hello, McKelvie families! I hope this finds you well. During the summer our library remained a busy place as we were charged with cataloging textbooks for the school. A BIG thank you to the wonderful PTG volunteers who came in on a steamy summer morning to help stamp 700 new Wonders textbooks for our students to check out. Michelle Flynn, Barbara Hardy, Elise Johnson, Carrie Jurus, and Sonya van de Meer were instrumental in making sure these texts were ready for kiddos to check out. It is official! McKelvie textbook check out has begun. Click HERE to see the check out "station" we have set up for textbook purposes. During the summer we also obtained many new fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, biographies, and professional books for students and staff. Over 90 of the new acquisitions were processed and students and staff have already been busy browsing, reading, and checking out the new books! I look forward to meeting the new readers and researchers here at McKelvie! A...