May 21, 2021

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Drumroll please... Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick is the 2021 Great Stone Face Award winner! This book received the greatest number of votes out of the twenty titles selected by the Great Stone Face Committee. If your child has not yet read this fast-paced novel, be sure to have them check it out! This title is available at the McKelvie Intermediate School Library, the Bedford Public Library and on Sora, in both audiobook and ebook versions! Congratulations to Rodman Philbrick (the author of Wildfire) and thank you to all of the McKelvie students who voted during the month of April for their favorite Great Stone Face nominee.


Speaking of reading... Did you know the McKelvie Intermediate School Library WILL BE OPEN this summer? There will be four Relax and Read events taking place this summer! An email regarding these events was sent out by BSD Assistant Superintendent, Tom Laliberte, BSD Summer Programs this past Monday, May 17th. The dates for Relax and Read are as follows:
Tuesday, June 29th from 12:00-2:30
Tuesday, July 13th from 12:00-2:30
Tuesday, July 27th from 12:00-2:30
Tuesday, August 10th from 12:00-2:30

Coming soon on the library website will be additional information and opportunities, including a video from the Bedford Public Library, regarding summer reading! Stay tuned as this will be rolled out soon. 

This is an additional gentle reminder that all library books and textbooks are due back to the library on Friday, June 4th. Most homerooms are scheduled to come to the library with their teacher on June 3rd or 4th. There are two homerooms coming on Monday, June 7th. Remote students will return their textbooks and library books when Chromebooks are collected. Stay tuned for further information regarding when this will take place.

Have an amazing weekend and enjoy the summer-like temperatures that are being forecasted! ~Mrs. Cote
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