McKelvie Library News Blog

"Lunch and Learn" sessions will be held on Friday, May 31, 2019, for all interested 5th & 6th-grade students. Grace Larochelle, Head of Children's Services at the Bedford Public Library, will be here to discuss the summer reading program, as well as the opportunity to become a Jr. Librarian. She will be conducting 4 sessions during lunch times. A nut safe table will be established for these sessions. Interested students will be allowed to carry their lunch from the cafeteria or bring their lunch to the library to listen and learn! Please encourage your child(ren) to come and hear about the program. Additional summer reading opportunities will be hosted right here at the McKelvie Library this summer! These "Relax and Read" events will take place on: Monday, July 1, 2019 from 12:00-2:00pm  Tuesday, July 16, 2019 from 12:00-2:00pm Tuesday, August 13, 2019 from 12:00-2:00pm  The students (grades 4-6) are invited to pop in or stay, check out book...

It was wonderful to see the many Grandparents/Special Friends visiting our school today! The library was a busy place as these important people came to see our space and how it is different from the school libraries they attended! Many of the special individuals who visited the McKelvie Library completed a small "classwork" assignment. On a Post-it Note, they wrote their grandchild's name, their name, and a special book they recall reading during 5th or 6th grade. These notes are on display at the library! Click HERE to see an image. A "Lunch and Learn" session will be held on Friday, May 31, 2019, for all interested 5th & 6th-grade students. Grace Larochelle, Head of Children's Services at the Bedford Public Library, will be here to discuss the summer reading program as well as the opportunity to become a Jr. Librarian. She will be conducting 4 sessions during lunch times. A nut safe table will be established for these sessions. Interested students w...

There were many book birthdays (new releases) on May 7, 2019, that were put in the display case outside of the library. Several are no longer in the case as they have been checked out. One of these book birthdays is the sequel to our READ Project book. The sequel is titled The Doughnut King by Jessie Janowitz. The annual Great Stone Face Tea took place this year on Friday. This tea is where the GSF winner is announced along with the 20 new nominees for 2019-2020. The 2019 Great Stone Face winner statewide that students in grades 4 through 6 selected as their favorite is... The Trail by Meika Hashimoto! This was also the book that the students at McKelvie voted as their favorite! Be sure to check it out! This past week the library remained a busy place between testing sessions. Click HERE to see an Adobe Spark of the display case filled with books on Tuesday morning as well as Keva Plank structures students built in the library. Happy Mother's Day to all of the McKelvie moms! ...

I hope that everyone had a great first week back! We have rounded the corner and are now in the homeward stretch.  Congrats to 6th grader, Noura,  from Mr s. Thornton's  homeroom! She was the 8th " Search   Slip " winner for the month of April. Noura had her "S earch  S lip"   filled out correctly and entered it into the monthly drawing. She won a $5.00 gift certificate to put towards a treat at a local ice cream establishment. Click  HERE  to see an image. Enjoy your treat, Noura. Thank you to all of the students, parents, and staff members who emailed pictures of all of the wonderful places books traveled over April break. Books traveled across the United States and across the pond to Italy! Some of our books stayed right here in NH but were read outside or in a comfy spot. It was a treat to receive the pictures and create a display of "Oh, The Places Our Books Go!" Click  HERE  to see the display located o...

April break is here! The library is looking for photos of where books go over the break. I would love to have photographs of books with their readers to display in the library windows with the caption "Oh, The Places Our Books Go!" This can be as simple as snapping a photograph of a McKelvie reader and book in a comfy spot at home to a McKelvie reader and book on a beach in the tropics. Please email the picture with your child's name and the location to cotej@sau25.net. I will print and display all of the pictures I receive! Thank you in advance for participating! I can't wait to see where books travel over break! Students are asked to bring in a pair of inexpensive headphones/earbuds to leave at school. We want to remind parents that there is an option for students to purchase a pair of inexpensive earbuds (similar in quality to what you would purchase on a plane) from the library for $1. Earbuds are important for NH SAS Testing. This is a friendly reminder to p...