McKelvie Library News Blog

Many 5th grade classes have been coming to the McKelvie Library to "taste books!" This has been a unique and fun way to expose students (and staff members) to various genres of books! Five minute "bites or samples" of these books at our McKelvie Library Restaurant have enabled students to self-select books they might want to check out and enjoy a whole serving of. Click  HERE  to see students sampling and even see a staff member enjoying a bite! Books have been flying out of our library as a result of our tastings! Hello McKelvie! Thank you to all of the community members who helped support our Move-A-Thon! This was an amazing event on a perfect fall day. Your support helped to create connections and memories for so many of our students! Click  HERE  to see the Bedford PTG's Rocky visiting our space! He was "rocking" Move-A-Thon sunglasses in support of our fundraiser.  Here in the McKelvie Library we are showing our "Mustang Pride!"...

Thank you to Mr. Robinson who has helped orchestrate Holiday Cards for our Military Challenge. Many students have taken advantage of the cards, directions, and letterbox to help support this wonderful cause. Click  HERE  to see the area I set up in the library for students to write holiday cards to individuals who serve our country. Letters written have been collected in the locked box! The McKelvie students are surely going to bring smiles to many faces during the holidays. The McKelvie library has been a busy place for research too! Click  HERE  to see students using our print and digital resources to find out information about "early man."  Have a great fall weekend!  ~Mrs. Cote

McKelvie  Families be sure to click  HERE  to see the page off of our library website that contains the databases our library subscribes to! Under each of the database buttons, we subscribe to, there is some help text to help guide the patrons to the database that will best suit their needs. All you need to do is "click" on one of the buttons and enter the  username  and password listed below. We have many informational resources available to our population for reference and fun! Our many databases contain  eBooks  with "a read to me" option, videos, dictionaries,  as  well  as  encyclopedia entries. The databases also contain citations for works cited pages! These will require a  username  and password when students are off campus (away from  McKelvie  Intermediate School). Our  usernames  and passwords are  as  follows:  Username :  mckelvie  (all lowercase lett...

Hello McKelvie families! This is a friendly reminder that library materials are checked out for two weeks at a time. Overdue notices are printed each Wednesday as a reminder for students that an item(s) is/are overdue. We are happy to renew an item for a student as long as another student does not have it on hold. The McKelvie LIbrary tries very hard to make sure that we keep popular items circulating! As of late, there have been some "hot" books published that we try to keep circulating so it is important books are returned on time. Students all are able to check their Destiny library accounts to see when books are due and when a hold is ready for them to pick up. I appreciate your support in making sure that books are returned in a timely manner. Congratulations to our 1st Search Slip winner of the year! 5th grader, Reese Garrett, along with MANY others, entered our monthly library raffle by filling out a Search Slip with information regarding the book they are looking...

Happy Friday to the McKelvie Community! I hope this note finds you all well. The McKelvie Library remains a busy place. This week some 5th grade classes and I have been discussing what a "good fit book" means and using the analogy between books and shoes. I have been very impressed with the connections made between shoes and books. One student wrote, "You have to find a good fit book just like you have to find a good fitting pair of shoes." Click  HERE  to see the Post-It Note Thoughts Sign we created with one of the Brown/Correia Classes! Congratulations to Andrea, a 6th grader, who located a "Golden Ticket." Click  HERE  to see Andrea and the 6th "Golden Ticket." She received a $5.00 gift card to Barnes & Noble.  Today we had a furry visitor at the McKelvie Library!  Gus , a certified therapy dog, and his owner Barbara Sofield came to visit during the 5th and 6th grade recess times. Both students and staff were thrilled to visit wi...

Hello McKelvie Families! It is official! All 29 classes have been to the McKelvie Library as of this afternoon for a library overview. Students have been busy browsing, checking out books and placing books on hold. 5th and 6th graders now know how to check their Destiny Library Account to see when books are due and to see if they have a hold ready! This is just a reminder that library materials have a two-week loan period and can be renewed as many times as needed, as long as another patron does not have a hold placed for the material. If a student would like to renew a book, please make sure that they bring it to the library to do so. 6th graders have been creating Collections in Destiny to keep track of the books they have read during the 19-20 school year! These "digital reading logs" are a great way to see images of the books they have completed. The McKelvie library has been a very busy place during WIN times as well as during recess times, even when classes are being ...

Congratulations to Brooke, a 5th grader at McKelvie, who found the 5th “Golden Ticket.” Click  HERE  to see Brooke, her “Golden Ticket” and a 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 112 new books we have acquired! Ask your child if he/she has visited their school library! So far 17 classes have come through! Click  HERE  to see an image of an overview in the library. Just a friendly reminder... As part of the 1:1 Chromebook program, students were 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....