McKelvie Library News Blog

What a great second week back from winter break! The weather seems to be slowly turning to what we would expect for spring-like NH. The first official day of spring is Sunday. It was wonderful to have the library windows open on Friday. The fresh air was wonderful. At the end of last week the library was gifted an amazing collection of Westward Expansion pieces. This is an amazing collection of nonfiction texts from the Opitz/Parnell pod including properly formatted MLA works cited documents. The collection is absolutely stunning and very informative. The book is currently in the library on our “coffee table” for the McKelvie community to read and enjoy, if they wish. Click HERE to see the front cover of hard work put into the texts by pod 5-5. As expected, as the temperatures warm up, more of our “recess regulars”  are heading out to enjoy some fresh air at recess times. However, the library remains a place for all to relax, read, connect, and play. Click HERE to see some of our...

  I hope all of our McKelvie Community had a restful winter break! Based on the steady stream of children coming into the library this week, a lot of reading took place over the break. Over break the library obtained several new titles and many of these are already in the hands of our readers. Be sure to check in with your child to see what they are reading! Have a discussion with your child about the title(s) they are enjoying. Books being published today are different from the books that were published even just ten years ago. Congratulations to our 5th “Search Slip” winner of the year! 6th grader, Alexis B., along with many others, entered our monthly library raffle by filling out a “Search Slip” with information regarding the book they were looking for in the McKelvie Library. Each month all of the “Search Slips” are collected and one winner is drawn from all of the entries. Click HERE to see Alexis (Mrs. Waldman’s homeroom), her “Search Slip,” and the envelope containing a gi...